Pneumocystosis

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Cyst form of Pneumocystis. GMS Stain. Close apposition of cysts may simulate budding.

Pneumocystosis is an infection by Pneumocystis jirovecii, that primarily occurs as a pulmonary infection AIDS patients, with extrapulmonary involvement being uncommon but, if occurring in the skin, presenting most often as nodular growths in the auditory canal.:442

See also

  • Skin lesion
  • Pneumocystis pneumonia