Fungi-Fluor® Kit for Fungal Detection (for European Orders only)
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Fungi-Fluor® Kit for Fungal Detection (for European Orders only)
Many opportunistic infections develop in the immunosuppressed patient suffering from AIDS. A number of these are caused by various fungal species including Candida, Aspergillus, Histoplasma, and Coccidioides. The Fungi-Fluor Kit for Fungal Detection offers a quick fluorescent stain/counterstain procedure for various fungal organisms. The kit can be used to screen a variety of specimen types from sputum to skin scrapings for fungal detection.
Product is sold in the U.S. and outside of Europe under Catalog # 17442
Product is sold in Europe under Catalog # 17442E
Advantages:
- More accurate than KOH preps
- Rapidly offers greater morphologic detail than PAS or silver stains
- Counterstain greatly reduces background fluorescence
- One kit stains over 500 slides
Specimen types:
- Fresh or frozen clinical specimen
- Paraffin or GMA-embedded tissues
Photo: Aspergillus culture stained with Fungi-Fluor®, no counterstain, 40X, FITC filter.
Hazards:
Irritant,
Expected carcinogen
Handling: Exercise normal care
Storage: Protect from light, Store at room temperature, Do not permit to freeze
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