Figure 1 Gram Stain: MIG - TML & MSH MicroWeb

Cryptococcus neoformans

• Specimen: CSF

• Magnification: x1000

• Structures:
• Round yeast cells
• Surrounded by capsule
• Observe small bud
• Narrow attachment

•Cryptococcus neoformans may be presumptively identified from CSF

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