This stain is typically used to visualize parasites or funga…

This stain is typically used to visualize parasites or fungal elements in blood smears.  The ph can drastically affect the staining characteristics. Parasites generally stain blue/purple with reddish nuclei, and fungal elements will stain pink to pale blue. This stain is:

Three methods are used to examine fungal microscopic morphol…

Three methods are used to examine fungal microscopic morphology following culture that have differences in the quality of the morphology of the isolate based on the difference in the technique and retaining the shape and structures of the fungi. These three methods include: