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From: Disseminated cryptococcosis with gastrointestinal involvement and false-negative cryptococcal antigen testing due to postzone phenomenon: a case report and review of the literature

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Photomicrographs of mucosal biopsies from the duodenum (left column) and colon (right column) stained with hematoxylin and eosin (panel A), Grocott’s methenamine silver (panel B), and mucicarmine (panel C). Large yeast forms with halos are seen in the lamina propria (arrows), and mucicarmine staining highlights the polysaccharide capsule consistent with encapsulated Cryptococcus neoformans

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