Fungal fruiting bodies in a pap smear: Contamination or infection? [2]

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-114

  Riben, Michael ^a   Katz, Ruth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipment contamination; Fruiting bodies; Fungal; Papanicolaou smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CASE REPORT; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; FRUITING BODY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; PAECILOMYCES; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

FUNGI;

EID: 31544437751     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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