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FLUORESCENCE microscopy facilitates the demonstration of various fungi in tissues, because it is possible to examine larger parts of the tissue-sections in a short time. Simple stains with fluorochrome dyes—acridine orange, for example—are inadequate for diagnostic use. Two methods which have hitherto been used for the demonstration of polysaccharides proved useful in staining fungi.
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BADER, G., STILLER, D. & RUFFERT, K. Fluorochrome Stains for Histological Diagnosis of Visceral Mycoses. Nature 208, 796–797 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208796a0
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