A pseudo-cryptococcal artefact derived from leucocytes in wet India ink mounts of centrifuged cerebrospinal fluid

Wet India ink mounts of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are useful in the laboratory diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis. Pseudo-cryptococcal artefacts in such mounts have been attributed to leucocytes in CSF but their mode of formation has not been explained. This report describes the reproduction of su...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical pathology 1998-03, Vol.51 (3), p.246-248
Hauptverfasser:	Thiruchelvan, N, Wuu, K Y, Arseculeratne, S N, Ashraful-Haq, J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Carbon Centrifugation Cerebrospinal fluid (biochemistry, cytology, circulation, manometry). Intracranial pressure determination Coloring Agents Cryptococcus - isolation & purification False Positive Reactions Humans Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Leukocytes - cytology Leukocytes - microbiology Medical sciences Meningitis, Cryptococcal - cerebrospinal fluid Meningitis, Cryptococcal - pathology Tropical medicine
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