Comparison of acridine orange fluorescent microscopy and gram stain light microscopy for the rapid detection of bacteria in cerebrospinal fluid

OBJECTIVE: Bacterial meningitis is a life threatening condition that requires prompt recognition and treatment. Currently, Gram stain is widely used for the microscopic detection of bacterial pathogens in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). In Nepal, fluorescent microscopes have been installed in laboratorie...

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Published in:BMC Res Notes
Main Authors: Sharma, Supriya, Acharya, Jyoti, Banjara, Megha Raj, Ghimire, Prakash, Singh, Anjana
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6958790/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31931859
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-4895-7
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