Fluorescence of Candida in diagnosis of oral candidiasis

• Main Authors: L R Kumaraswamy Naik (Author), Pushparaja Shetty (Author), M S Krishna Prasad (Author), Vimal Kumar Karnaker (Author), Sarosh E Shroff (Author), Lal P Madathil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Many pathogenic fungi fluoresce in hematoxylin and eosin stained sections, and Papanicolaou (PAP)-stained smears under ultraviolet illumination. In theory, this phenomenon could aid in the diagnosis of common fungal infections without the delay which is usually associated with special st...