Department of Pathology, State University of New York at Stony Brook



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Mycobacterium Avium Intracellulare in AIDS


A well-defined collection of fluffy or foamy macrophages. The aggregates are not always so well delimited.

Left: the infamous fluffy/foamy macrophages. Right: an oil-immersion view of them stuffed with red rods, which are the mycobacterial bacilli tinged with an acid-fast stain (termed "red-snappers" in the trade).

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