Case 175. 

Lymph node biopsy from the same patient of lethal penicilliosis marneffei
　 　 　 　
　
Yeast-form fungi are massively phagocytized by macrophages (HE).
 　
　 　 　 　

　

 　 Penicillium marneffei solely shows the yeast form in the human body. Disseminated yeasts are mostly seen in the cytoplasm of macrophages.