Simultaneous demonstration of cyst walls and intracystic bodies of Pneumocystis carinii in paraffin embedded lung sections using Gomori's methenamine silver nitrate and Giemsa stain
Shiota, T.
Journal of Clinical Pathology 39(11): 1269-1271
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9746
PMID: 2432093
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.39.11.1269
Accession: 001684473
An advanced technique that simultaneously shows the cyst walls and intracystic bodies of P. carinii in tissue sections using Gomori's stain and Giemsa double staining is described.
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