Rapid Microscopy and Use of Vital Dyes: Potential to Determine Viability of Cryptococcus neoformans in the Clinical Laboratory

• Brendan J. McMullan ,

  * E-mail: brendanoch@yahoo.co.uk

  Current Address: Sydney Children’s Hospital, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Randwick, NSW, Australia and UNSW School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Kensington, NSW, Australia

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia

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• Desmarini Desmarini,

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia

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• Julianne T. Djordjevic,

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia

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• Sharon C-A. Chen,

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia, ICPMR–Pathology West, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia

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• Michael Roper,

  Affiliation Discipline of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Westmead Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia

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• Tania C. Sorrell

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia

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