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==Gomori methenamine-silver stain==
==Gomori methenamine-silver stain==
*Abbrev. ''GMS''.
*Abbreviated ''GMS''.
 
Note:
*''GMS'' is "Grocott's methenamine Silver" according to WMSP.<ref name=Ref_WMSP682>{{Ref WMSP|682}}</ref>
 
===Use===
*Useful for fungi.  
*Useful for fungi.  
**Pneumocystis jirovecii - cause of ''PCP'' - pneumocystic pneumonia.
**Pneumocystis jirovecii - cause of ''PCP'' - pneumocystic pneumonia.
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***Histoplasma = black, round balls.
***Histoplasma = black, round balls.


Notes: ''GMS'' is "Grocott's methenamine Silver" according to WMSP.<ref name=Ref_WMSP682>{{Ref WMSP|682}}</ref>
Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Histoplasma_in_granuloma_gms.jpg GMS showing histoplasma (WC)].


==Acid-fast bacilli stains==
==Acid-fast bacilli stains==
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