Evaluation of a combined acid-fast-trichrome stain for detection of microsporidia and Cryptosporidium parvum

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 777-779

  Reisner, Barbara S ^a   Spring, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROSPORIDA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; STAINING;

ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); EVALUATION STUDIES; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; METHYL GREEN; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0034126210     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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