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calcofluor white stain

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calcofluor white stain,
a nonspecific fluorochrome stain that binds to cellulose and chitin in cell walls of fungi, Pneumocystis jiroveci cysts, and parasites. It is used to detect these organisms in clinical specimens.

calcofluor white stain
used to produce fluorescence of fungal elements for ultraviolet microscopy.


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Septate hyphae and budding yeast cells were seen on direct examination of bronchial washings by Calcofluor white stain.
Calcofluor white stain (Figure 3) of fresh tissue indicated fluorescent, spherical fungal organisms similarly arranged in chains.
 
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