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Skin: Cryptococcosis
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Cryptococcosis
This is a high power view of a skin lesion due to cryptococcal infection in a patient with AIDS. It shows a septic lesion with infection by cryptococcus, and also by the Gram-positive bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus. The cryptococci are visible as individual yeasts. They have a small central nucleus and a large, pale-staining mucoid capsule. Also evident are clusters of cocci. H&E stain.
This patient had cryptococcal skin lesions disseminated over the entire body with numerous ulcers and nodules.
See also image W0047327.