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From: Disseminated mycobacterium genavense infection with central nervous system involvement in an HIV patient: a case report and literature review

Fig. 2

Pathology sections of bone marrow biopsy specimen; Low magnification of bone marrow biopsy shows replacement of hematopoietic elements by numerous foamy macrophages (circled area) arranged in sheet (H&E section, x40 & x100). Higher magnification reveals histiocytes (circled area) containing abundant organisms (H&E section x400). Frequent positive acid-fast bacilli (white arrows) were present in foamy macrophages on Ziehl-Nielsen stain (x400)

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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