Figure 1

Photomicrograph of Giemsa stained lymph node aspirate showing intracellular as well as extra-cellular yeast cells. Distinctive septation was seen on Gomori's methenamine silver stain (Inset b) and also visible as negative staining on Giemsa (arrows). Lacto-phenol cotton blue preparation from growth showed typical Penicillium heads (Inset a).