[Calcofluor-white staining in the identification of Pneumocystis carinii].
Calcofluor white stain is widely used as a fluorescent stain in mycology. Recently, it was found that by calcofluor white staining Pneumocystis carinii cysts exert a highly characteristic staining pattern. We retested fifteen clinical specimens which were known to be positive for Pneumocystis carinii (diagnosis made by a methenamine silver stain). Calcofluor white stain proved to be a simple, rapid, and inexpensive method for detecting Pneumocystis carinii in clinical specimens.
Allerberger
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Bundesstaatliche bakteriologisch-serologische Untersuchungsanstalt Innsbruck, Osterreich.
Prior
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Niederwieser
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Dierich
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D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006801:Humans; D011010:Pneumocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013194:Staining and Labeling
D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; C007061:C.I. Fluorescent Brightening Agent 28