Figure 3
Photomicrograph of Penicillium marneffei (courtesy of Kornkanok Sukapan) in the skin lesion section stained with Grocott Methenamine Silver. Numerous intracellular and extracellular, round to oval, elongated, thin-walled yeast-like organisms. The characteristic transverse septum (arrows) within the yeast cell is seen. Magnification, × 1000.