NEUROTOXOPLASMOSIS

Date

1989

Description

This photomicrograph reveals some of the histopathology found in this brain tissue sample in a case of neurotoxoplasmosis. The biopsy specimen was harvested from a patient with a fatal case of AIDS. In this section, you're able to see what are referred to as pseudocysts, containing numerous Toxoplasma gondii bradyzoites. Some of the tachyzoites were situated extracellularly as well.

Source

Public Health Image Library