title: Rapid microscopic detection of cytomegalovirus and PCP in bronchoalveolar lavage specimens.
abstract: This article describes how bronchoalveolar lavage specimens can be screened rapidly and inexpensively for Pneumocystis carinii and cytomegalovirus infections with materials available in any hospital laboratory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Stead
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011010:Pneumocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media