The scenario
Clinical microbiology laboratory performing India Ink staining on cerebrospinal fluid to detect encapsulated yeast.
What is in this drawing
Read the decisions behind it.
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India ink vial within expiry
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Preparation adequate and capsular halos visible
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Yeast-like cells present without capsules
Use when training or documenting the negative staining workflow for Cryptococcus neoformans capsule detection.
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