Evaluation of trypan blue stain in a haemocytometer for rapid detection of cerebrospinal fluid sterility in HIV patients with cryptococcal meningitis

BACKGROUND: Quantitative culture is the most common method to determine the fungal burden and sterility of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) among persons with cryptococcal meningitis. A major drawback of cultures is a long turnaround-time. Recent evidence demonstrates that live and dead Cryptococcus yeasts...

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Autores principales: Kwizera, Richard, Akampurira, Andrew, Kandole, Tadeo K., Nielsen, Kirsten, Kambugu, Andrew, Meya, David B., Boulware, David R., Rhein, Joshua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28830348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-017-1093-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28830348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-017-1093-4

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