Diagnose this microbiology slide

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lemontea88

Discussion Starter · Oct 27, 2009

This one was abit tricky for me. One of my school's microbiologist asked this question, and it took a while for someone to answer. So guys, try diagnosing this!

Organism Plant Terrestrial plant Font Pattern

(slide credited to pathedu.med.sc)

And no, that is not an RBC. Haha.

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smile135

· #2 · Oct 27, 2009

lemontea88 said:
This one was abit tricky for me. One of my school's microbiologist asked this question, and it took a while for someone to answer. So guys, try diagnosing this!

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(slide credited to pathedu.med.sc)

And no, that is not an RBC. Haha.

It seems like a methenamine silver stained slide.
There are yeast forms of some fungus...and encapsulated....

So Cryptococcus neoformans??

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Ania

· #3 · Oct 27, 2009

lemontea88 said:
This one was abit tricky for me. One of my school's microbiologist asked this question, and it took a while for someone to answer. So guys, try diagnosing this!

View attachment 76
(slide credited to pathedu.med.sc)

And no, that is not an RBC. Haha.

Could those RBC be PC cysts by any chance?(On GMS staining)?