CARDIAC TOXOPLASMOSIS

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Date

1983

Description

This photomicrograph reveals some of the histopathology found in this cardiac tissue sample in a case of cardiac toxoplasmosis. The biopsy specimen was harvested from a patient with a fatal case of AIDS. You're able to see that contained many of the myocytes contained numerous Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites.

Source

Public Health Image Library

Citation

CDC/ Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr., “CARDIAC TOXOPLASMOSIS,” The Global Health Chronicles, accessed January 9, 2025, https://globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/7680.