Cigar bodies are seen in?
Correct Answer: Sporotrichosis
Description: In sporotrichosis, direct microscopic examination of KOH mounts of necrotic materials or histopathological examination of tissue section stained by methamine silver stain may yield a diagnosis. The characteristics feature is the asteroid body or cigar body: a rounded or oval, basophilic,yeast-like, cigar-shaped body 3-5micron in diameter, with rays of an eosinophilic substance radiating from the yeast cell. Ref:Anantha Narayan and Panickers Textbook of Microbiology, 9th edition, page no.602
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