Rapid quantification of pathogenic fungi by Cellometer image-based cytometry

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 468-476

  Berkes, Charlotte A ^a   Chan, Leo Li Ying ^a,b   Wilkinson, Alisha ^a,b   Paradis, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Nexcelom Bioscience LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acridine orange; Candida albicans; Cellometer vision; Histoplasma capsulatum; Image based cytometry; Propidium iodide

Indexed keywords

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

EID: 84868253639     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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