CANDIDA-LIKE YEASTS Figure 22-6 CANDIDA-LIKE YEASTS Kidney biopsy showing Candida-like yeasts, which grew Candida glabrata on culture. H&E at low power (A) and high power (B); fungal yeasts highlighted on Grocott methenamine silver (GMS) stain (C). More about this image found in CANDIDA-LIKE YEASTS Kidney biopsy showing Candida...

FUNISITIS DUE TO ASCENDING CANDIDA SPP INFECTION IN PREGNANCY Figure 22-3 FUNISITIS DUE TO ASCENDING CANDIDA SPP INFECTION IN PREGNANCY A,B: Cross section of the umbilical cord shows a wedge-shaped subamniotic focus of neutrophil microabscess formation. More about this image found in FUNISITIS DUE TO ASCENDING CANDIDA SPP INFECTION IN PREGNA...

HYALINE SEPTATE HYPHAE Figure 22-7 HYALINE SEPTATE HYPHAE Culture of a parotid mass grew Candida albicans. (A: H&E, B: Grocott methenamine silver stain). More about this image found in HYALINE SEPTATE HYPHAE Culture of a parotid mass grew Candida albi...

ISCHEMIC ENTERIC ULCER COLONIZED BY CANDIDA SPP Figure 22-8 ISCHEMIC ENTERIC ULCER COLONIZED BY CANDIDA SPP A: Colonization of an ischemic ulcer. B,C: Patchy distribution of numerous fungal organisms in the ulcer floor (B), present mainly in yeast form (C) (A–C: PAS-d stain). More about this image found in ISCHEMIC ENTERIC ULCER COLONIZED BY CANDIDA SPP A: Coloni...

CANDIDA SPP Figure 22-10 CANDIDA SPP Although PAS and GMS stains are most often used in clinical practice, Candida fungal organisms may also be highlighted by gram stain. More about this image found in CANDIDA SPP Although PAS and GMS stains are most often us...

SUPERFICIAL INFECTION BY CANDIDA SPP CONTRASTED WITH MALASSEZIA SPP Figure 22-11 SUPERFICIAL INFECTION BY CANDIDA SPP CONTRASTED WITH MALASSEZIA SPP Malassezia spp (B) are typically found on sebum-rich skin and do not reveal the periodic filamentous constrictions often seen in Candida spp (A), which impart a slightly more irregular morphology to these organisms. (PAS stain, courtesy of Prof. W. Grayson, Ampath Pathology Laboratories, Johannesburg, South Africa) More about this image found in SUPERFICIAL INFECTION BY CANDIDA SPP CONTRASTED WITH

DUAL FUNGAL INFECTION BY MUCORALES ORGANISMS AND CANDIDA SPP Figure 21-44 DUAL FUNGAL INFECTION BY MUCORALES ORGANISMS AND CANDIDA SPP Striking difference in hyphal diameter and morphology of Mucorales (top) and Candida (bottom right). More about this image found in DUAL FUNGAL INFECTION BY MUCORALES ORGANISMS AND C...

PAROTID GLAND MYCOSIS Figure 21-33 PAROTID GLAND MYCOSIS Hyaline septate fungal hyphae are seen on histology (stained with H&E [A] and GMS [B]). Microbiologic culture grew Candida albicans. More about this image found in PAROTID GLAND MYCOSIS Hyaline septate fungal hyphae are seen on histology ...

NEUTROPHILIC MYOCARDITIS: CANDIDA ALBICANS Figure 22-15 NEUTROPHILIC MYOCARDITIS: CANDIDA ALBICANS A: This neutrophilic microabscess contains abundant necrotic debris and organisms that are not obvious with a hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain. B,C: However, staining with periodic acid–Schiff (PAS) (B) or Grocott methenamine silver (GMS) (C) reveals the numerous yeast forms present within the microabscess. More about this image found in NEUTROPHILIC MYOCARDITIS: CANDIDA ALBICANS A: This neutro...

LIQUEFACTIVE NECROSIS Figure 4-15 LIQUEFACTIVE NECROSIS Left: Abscess, with suppurative inflammation and extensive myocyte loss in Staphylococcus aureus sepsis. Right: Microabscess, in Candida endocarditis. More about this image found in LIQUEFACTIVE NECROSIS Left: Abscess, with suppurative inflammation and ext...