2012-02-08

The diagnosis for mystery case #7

The patient was from Africa, and she had been tested HIV-positive. The cells in row 4 were not WBC’s – but Cryptococcus. As many of you recognized! The patient was very ill when she came to the hospital, and it took several months to cure her from the Cryptococcus infection. Cryptococcus is a type of ...

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