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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2014 May 19;14(6):1417–1424. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12726

Figure 1. Liver recipient autopsy findings.

Figure 1

CNS sections of the liver recipient stained with H&E (A & C) and reacted with the anti-Balamuthia antibodies (B & D). A. Large numbers of Balamuthia amebae (at arrows) are seen around a blood vessel. H&E, ×200. B. A similar section reacted with the anti-Balamuthia antibodies in the immunofluorescence test. Balamuthia amebae around the blood vessel are intensely fluorescing, staining bright apple green. ×200. C. Large numbers of Balamuthia (at arrows) around a blood vessel. Note the darkly staining nucleus. A CNS section stained with H&E. One ameba is seen with double nucleolus (big arrow), × 1,000. D. A section as in B with large numbers of intensely staining apple green amebae are seen around a blood vessel, × 1,000.