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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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Publicado en:PLoS One
Main Authors: Kwizera, Richard, Akampurira, Andrew, Williams, Darlisha, Boulware, David R., Meya, David B.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5531523/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28750078
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182108
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