Detection of Pneumocystis jiroveci in Respiratory Specimens by Four Staining Methods

We examined four staining methods on replicate smears of 313 respiratory specimens submitted for Pneumocystis jiroveci examination. The sensitivity and specificity of Calcofluor white stain (CW) were 73.8 and 99.6%, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of Grocott-Gomori methenamine silver s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	J Clin Microbiol
Hauptverfasser:	Procop, G. W., Haddad, S., Quinn, J., Wilson, M. L., Henshaw, N. G., Reller, L. B., Artymyshyn, R. L., Katanik, M. T., Weinstein, M. P.
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2004
Schlagworte:	Mycology
Online-Zugang:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC446244/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15243109/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.7.3333-3335.2004
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