Bottles K, Miller T R, Jeffrey R B, Cohen M B, Stoloff A, Hales M, Ljung B M, Donegan E
West J Med. 1986 Jun;144(6):695-9.
Fine-needle aspiration biopsy smears are useful in the workup of patients with abscesses and inflammatory masses. We report 37 cases classified into three groups: group I, in which a causative organism was seen on the smear; group II, in which a causative organism was cultured from a smear where organisms were not seen microscopically, and group III, in which the organism was not seen or cultured, but the smear findings were useful in determining further workup.