A patient with dyspnea, cough, and fever.
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Figure 1. A, Grocott methenamine silver (GMS) stain showing Pneumocystis organisms within a granuloma. Inset, digitally magnified Pneumocystis organism showing characteristic paired “dark bodies” diagnostic of Pneumocystis species. B, Immunohistochemical stain using antibodies directed against Pneumocystis species with use of the treptavidin-biotin immunoperoxidase method. The discreet nature of the organisms is overshadowed by an abundance of fragmented and collapsed forms that are not well visualized on the GMS stain.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 43 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006