Open AccessComparative evaluation of staining efficacy of calcofluor white and acridine orange for detection of Candida species using fluorescence microscopy – A prospective microbiological study
Author(s) -
Vishal Punjabi,
Shilpa Patel,
Jigna Pathak,
Niharika Swain
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_315_18
Subject(s) - acridine orange , staining , stain , biology , papanicolaou stain , germ tube , agar , candida albicans , fluorescence microscope , vial , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , fluorescence , chromatography , medicine , chemistry , cancer , bacteria , cervical cancer , quantum mechanics , genetics , physics
Candida is a yeast-like fungus, and it causes candidiasis. Since it is commonly encountered in many cases, the need of the hour is for rapid and reliable method for identification of these fungi in tissue sections.