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

Abstract

A routine diagnostic procedure of cryptococcal meningitis using Alcain Blue and Nuclear Fast Red staining is descibed in a group of 16 patients. Cerebrospinal fluid findings, including clinical cytology, routine biochemistry nad protein fractions, are presented.

Keywords

• meningitis
• diagnostics