Figure 3
From: Unexpected combination of acute croup and myocarditis: Case report
Strains of corynobacterium diphtheriae on a smear. A Giemsa stain (original magnification × 1000) of visceral hemorrhagic necrotic lesions was associated with numerous strains of corynobacterium diphthetiae, producing the typical club-shaped appearance and distributed in a typical Chinese-letter appearance on the smear (arrows).