Figure 5.

The findings for bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) culture specimens and blood culture specimens under oil immersion lenses. A: India ink examination of a BALF specimen demonstrating typical transparent thick capsule Cryptococcus spores (green arrows); B: Gram's stain smear of a BALF sample showing the yeast form of C. neoformans and that the capsules could be stained and found in some of them (green arrows). C: India ink examination of a blood specimen demonstrating the typical transparent thick capsule Cryptococcus spore (green arrow); D: Gram's stain smear of pure fungal colonies cultured from a blood sample showing C. neoformans without staining of the capsule (green arrows).