Volume 20, Number 9—September 2014
Synopsis
Encephalitis Caused by Pathogens Transmitted through Organ Transplants, United States, 2002–2013
Sridhar V. Basavaraju
, Matthew J. Kuehnert, Sherif Zaki, and James Sejvar
, Matthew J. Kuehnert, Sherif Zaki, and James Sejvar
Figure 5
Figure 5. Photomicrographs showing histopathologic features and immunolocalization of Balamuthia mandrillaris antigens in central nervous system tissue from a donor with B. mandrillaris infection. A) Typical amebic trophozoites with prominent karyosomes in central nervous system. Hematoxylin and eosin staining. Original magnification, ×158. B) B. mandrillaris antigens in amebic trophozoites. Immunoalkaline phosphate staining, naphthol fast red substrate with light hematoxylin counterstain. Original magnification, ×100.
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