Many opportunistic fungal infections develop in immunocompromised HIV-infected (AIDS) patients and also increasingly among the non-HIV infected immunosuppressed population. 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, such as sputum and skin scrapings, for fungal detection.
Fungi-Fluor® Staining Solution is a 0.05% solution of high purity Cellufluor, an active ingredient of Calcofluor white fluorescent stain, in deionized water with potassium hydroxide added as a clearing agent. Fungi-Fluor® Counterstaining Solution B is an aqueous solution of Evans Blue dye, which is used to reduce background fluorescence. The Fungi-Fluor® Kit can be used for the rapid identification of various fungal infections in fresh or frozen clinical specimens, paraffin or glycol methacrylate embedded tissues. Typical specimens include sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), bronchial wash and tissue biopsies.
ADVANTAGES:
More accurate diagnosis than KOH preps
Rapidly offers greater morphologic detail than PAS or silver stains
Counterstain greatly reduces background fluorescence
Simplicity and rapidity over immunostains
Packaged in convenient dropper bottles
SPECIMEN TYPES:
Fresh or frozen clinical specimen
Paraffin or GMA-embedded tissues
KIT CONTAINS: 75 ml each of Solution A and B.
Stains over 500 slides