Pneumocystis carinii   

  • Impression smear, mouse lung, Giemsa-stained
  • Cyst appear as “halo”, about 5 micrometer in diameter
  • Intracystic bodies are small, 1-2 micrometer, each has reddish nucleus and blue cytoplasm
  • Trophozoites can be seen as minute bodies distributed all over the smear
  • Recently classified as a fungus
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