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Bartonella henselae /Bacillary angiomatosis: cutaneous biopsy

image of  Bartonella henselae
                    /Bacillary angiomatosis: cutaneous biopsy

Description

Warthin-Starry staining of cutaneous bacillary angiomatosis tissue reveals multiple clumps of tangled, dark, silver-staining bacillary organisms.

Credits

Jane E. Koehler, MD, University of California San Francisco