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
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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
Abstract
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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