Rapid Microscopy and Use of Vital Dyes: Potential to Determine Viability of Cryptococcus neoformans in the Clinical Laboratory

BACKGROUND: Cryptococcus neoformans is the commonest cause of fungal meningitis, with a substantial mortality despite appropriate therapy. Quantitative culture of cryptococci in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) during antifungal therapy is of prognostic value and has therapeutic implications, but is slow a...

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Autores principales: McMullan, Brendan J., Desmarini, Desmarini, Djordjevic, Julianne T., Chen, Sharon C-A., Roper, Michael, Sorrell, Tania C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4308066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25625210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117186

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