Comparative evaluation of modified trichrome and Uvitex 2B stains for detection of low numbers of microsporidial spores in stool specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2266-2269

  Ignatius, Ralf ^a,d   Henschel, Sabine ^a   Liesenfeld, Oliver ^a   Mansmann, Ulrich ^a   Schmidt, Wolfgang ^b   Köppe, Siegfried ^c   Schneider, Thomas ^b   Heise, Walter ^c   Futh, Ursula ^c   Riecken, Ernst Otto ^b   Hahn, Helmut ^a   Ullrich, Reiner ^b  

^a Inst F Med Mikrobiol I   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Vivantes Auguste Viktoria Klinikum   (Germany)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MICROSPORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FUNGI; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORUM;

EID: 0030788147     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2266-2269.1997     Document Type: Article

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