Impact of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Coinfection on the Evolution of Schistosoma mansoni-Induced Granulomatous Liver Injury in Mice

Figure 3

Microscopic structure of the liver tissue from control mice and those chronically infected with Schistosoma mansoni and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (Hematoxylin and Eosin staining, ×400 magnification, and bars= 50 μm). CG (control group): uninfected mice. Pb: group infected only with P. brasiliensis. Sm: group infected only with S. mansoni. Sm+Pb: group coinfected with S. mansoni and P. brasiliensis. Sectional profile of S. mansoni egg. Arrowhead: hepatocytes with hydropic degeneration.