Infected tissues demonstrating budding fungal cells are seen in
Cryptococcus neoformans causes cryptococcosis, especially cryptococcal meningitis. The organisms can be seen in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in India ink preparations as an oval budding yeast surrounded by a wide, unstained polysaccharide capsule. Candida albicans, the most important species of Candida, causes thrush and vaginitis, as well as other diseases. It may appear in tissue as a budding yeast or as elongated pseudohyphae (non-septate). Sporothrix schenckii is a dimorphic fungus which appears as round or cigar-shaped budding yeasts in tissue. It causes a local pustule or ulcer that may become chronic.
Coccidioidomycosis, chromomycosis, aspergillosis
Tinea versicolor, tinea nigra, candidiasis
Blastomycosis, paracoccidioides, dermatophytosis
Candidiasis, cryptococcosis, and sporotrichosis
Mycology