12 December 2023>: Articles
Recurrent Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Late Presenter of HIV: A Rare Case Report and Review of Literature
Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Unexpected drug reaction, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)
Vasileios Petrakis A* , Christina G. Angelopoulou B , Evlampia Psatha B , Anastasia Grapsa B , Maria Panopoulou B , Dimitrios Papazoglou A , Periklis Panagopoulos ADOI: 10.12659/AJCR.941714
Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e941714
Figure 1. Cryptococcus neoformans isolated in CSF with India ink stain (indicated by arrows). Cryptococcus is surrounded by a thick capsule; the carbon grains cannot penetrate the capsule, resulting in a clear halo around the refractile wall of the yeast. India ink is a negative staining technique.