Acridine orange fluorescent microscopy is more sensitive than India ink light microscopy in the rapid detection of cryptococcosis among CrAg positive HIV patients

BACKGROUND: India ink microscopy on cerebrospinal fluid is still utilized in resource limited settings for the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis despite its poor sensitivity. We hypothesized that staining fungal nucleic acids with fluorescent dyes instead of the capsule with India ink might impro...

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Autores principales: Kwizera, Richard, Akampurira, Andrew, Williams, Darlisha, Boulware, David R., Meya, David B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5531523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28750078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182108

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5531523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28750078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182108

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