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. 1982 Jul;16(1):191-2.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.16.1.191-192.1982.

Acridine orange staining of Pneumocystis carinii

R B Thomson Jr, T F Smith

Acridine orange staining of Pneumocystis carinii

R B Thomson Jr et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1982 Jul.

Abstract

Acridine orange was used to stain smears of mouse lung which contained cyst and trophozoite forms of Pneumocystis carinii. Trophozoite forms stained yellow to orange; however, cyst forms did not stain. Acridine orange is a rapid and sensitive method for demonstrating trophozoites of P. carinii in mouse lung tissue.

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