Early detection of Leishmania promastigotes in dog bone marrow cultures by acridine orange stain

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 247-251

  Barreca, Giorgio S ^a   Matera, Giovanni ^a   De Majo, Massimo ^b   Lamberti, Angelo ^a   Liberto, Maria Carla ^a   Focà, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOG; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GIEMSA STAIN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOGS; FLUORESCENT DYES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0034253752     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(00)00158-9     Document Type: Article

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