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Pneumocystis carinii Technical Cases

•Specimen: BAL

•Stain: ZN Stain

•Magnification: x1000

 


Structure: Most areas in the image of foamy exudate showing honeycomb appearance contain cysts of PC. Clusters of PC cysts that remain unclear due to being masked by the counter stain. ZN is not a proper stain for detecting PC, but the image shown here demand further analysis to confirm PC in the specimen.

 

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