The "Pathogenic Yeast"
Cryptococcus neoformans and
Cryptococcosis
Cryptococcus neoformans
/ Cryptococcus neoformans captules in
tissue / Cryptococcus neoformans
yeasts in tissue / Pulmonary
cryptococcosis /
Cerebral cryptococcosis /
Cutaneous lesions
Filobasidiella (Cryptococcus) neoformans | |||
Slimy culture on agar medium | Encapsulated yeast cells in black ink | |||
Filobasidiella (Cryptococcus) neoformans: | |||
in tissue samples showing captules |
Lung tissue with acetocarmine | H + E | H + E | ||||
Lung tissue in Gridley stain | Rare residual pulmonary lesion | |||
Filobasidiella (Cryptococcus) neoformans: | |||
acapsular yeasts in tissue |
GMS / H + E | Meyer's | Methenamine silver | ||||
Pulmonary cryptococcosis in AIDS patients: | |||
Single solitary nodule | Lobar pneumonia | Bilateral diffuse infiltrate | ||||
Cerebral cryptococcosis: Fatal disease | |||
In convoluted cortex | In sulci | Stained by methenamine silver | ||||
Cutaneous lesions resulting from disseminated cryptococcosis | |||
Solitary lesion on forehead | Draining lesions on forearm | "Superficial" lesions involving mucocutaneous area of nose | ||||
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