title: Should an India ink test be used to detect cryptococcal meningitis in a low-risk population--primarily in a general acute care setting--or are better stat tests available?
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado School of Medicine, Consulting Microbiologist, Clinical Laboratories of Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Koneman
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology; D004396:Coloring Agents; D006801:Humans; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; C028433:chinese ink; D002244:Carbon