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==Gomori methenamine-silver stain== | ==Gomori methenamine-silver stain== | ||
* | *Abbreviated ''GMS''. | ||
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*''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. | ||
Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Histoplasma_in_granuloma_gms.jpg GMS showing histoplasma (WC)]. | |||
==Acid-fast bacilli stains== | ==Acid-fast bacilli stains== | ||