title: [Calcofluor-white staining in the identification of Pneumocystis carinii].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Bundesstaatliche bakteriologisch-serologische Untersuchungsanstalt Innsbruck, Osterreich.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Allerberger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prior
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Niederwieser
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Dierich
mesh_terms: D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006801:Humans; D011010:Pneumocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013194:Staining and Labeling
chemical_list: D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; C007061:C.I. Fluorescent Brightening Agent 28