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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

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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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Abbreviations

CSF:

cerebrospinal fluid

MGG:

May-Grünwald-Giemsa (staining)

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  1. Institute of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Neuroimmunology, Central Military Hospital Complex, Prague, Czech Republic

    P. Adam, O. Sobek, L. Hajduková, Š. Cihelková, J. Svatoňová, M. Hybeľová, D. Adam & V. Melezinková

  2. Department of Neurology, Central Military Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

    P. Adam, J. Kasík & L. Hajduková

  3. Department of Neurology of the 3rd Medical School, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

    D. Doležil

  4. Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

    Z. Lodin

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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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