CRYPTOCCOSIS INFECTION

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Date

1984

Description

Cryptococcosis of lung in patient with AIDS. Methenamine silver stain. Histopathology of lung shows numerous extracellular yeasts of Cryptococcus neoformans within an alveolar space. Yeasts show narrow-base budding and characteristic variation in size.

Source

Public Health Image Library

Citation

CDC/ Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr., “CRYPTOCCOSIS INFECTION,” The Global Health Chronicles, accessed April 19, 2024, https://globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/7667.