[Histonet] fungal stain for frozen sections

[Will Chappell]

It appears, from a research paper I was reading, that a 1% solution of uvitex 2b added to eosin will cause fungus to fluoresce under uv light. 

I haven't performed it, however it could be as quick as an H&E stain. Looks promising. 

Http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02889994#page-1

Will Chappell
CHOC children's hospital. 

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On May 16, 2013, at 9:00 AM, wrglo5 <@t> aol.com wrote:

> Hi, I work in a Surgical Pathology frozen section lab outside the OR rooms. Normally we only perform an H&E on the frozens. Now we are looking for a fast and inexpensive stain for fungus on our frozen sections. Fast is the operative word because we have to report diagnoses back to ORs in a 20 minute timeperiod. Any ideas to help? Thanks!
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