title: Contamination of smears with "sergentella spiroides".
abstract: Abstract "Sergentella spiroides" is a filamentous fungal spore which can incidentally contaminate smears. In Romanowsky stainings the spores are confusingly like microfilariae and it is important to recognize the phenomenon to avoid diagnostic mistakes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hellsten
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Linell
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rausing