Cryptococcosis

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Introduction

Cryptococcosis is a life threatening fungal infection caused by members of the Cryptococcus genus.

Cryptococcosis of the lung in a patient with AIDS. The slide shows widened alveoli, with multiple yeasts of C. neoformans, stained red. Image courtesy of CDC/ Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptococcosis#/media/File:Cryptococcosis_of_lung_in_patient_with_AIDS._Mucicarmine_stain_962_lores.jpg


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Edited by Eli Neal, student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 116 Information in Living Systems, 2019, Kenyon College.