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A routine diagnostic procedure of cryptococcal meningitis using Alcian Blue and Nuclear Fast Red staining is described in a group of 16 patients. Cerebrospinal fluid findings, including clinical cytology, routine biochemistry and protein fractions, are presented.
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Abbreviations
- CSF:
-
cerebrospinal fluid
- MGG:
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May-Grünwald-Giemsa (staining)
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Adam, P., Sobek, O., Doležil, D. et al. Cryptococcal meningitis — a follow-up study of a serious clinical entity: quick cytological and microbiological diagnostics using a special staining procedure in cerebrospinal fluid specimens. Folia Microbiol 54, 567–568 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-009-0084-8
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