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Washington University Experience | INFECTION | Protozoa | Ameba | 1B3 Acanthamoeba (Case 1) & AIDS H&E 100X 3B
Higher magnification demonstrates the organism in the form of trophozoites (arrows) adjacent to a lipid-laden macrophage (arrowhead) with which amoeba may be confused, although seen together the appearance of the amoeba is distinctive with its large nucleus and karyosome (H&E).
