title: Oral cryptococcosis: case report of salivary gland involvement in an AIDS patient.
abstract: Salivary cryptococcosis was disclosed at autopsy in an AIDS patient with disseminated C. neoformans infection. H & E staining was not suitable to demonstrate the occurrence of C. neoformans in many tissues; Alcian blue gave the best results.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pathobiologie Orale, Université de Nice, France.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Monteil
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hofman
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Michiels
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Loubière
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D000423:Alcian Blue; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012466:Salivary Gland Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D000423:Alcian Blue