Use Grocott's methenamine silver method. It has become the "standard" procedure for P.carinii René J.
--- On Sat, 6/2/12, tahs...@brain.net.pk <tahs...@brain.net.pk> wrote: From: tahs...@brain.net.pk <tahs...@brain.net.pk> Subject: [Histonet] DFA Method for the diagnosis of PCP on sputa. To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Saturday, June 2, 2012, 3:30 AM Dear All, Good Morning, We are going to start DFA Method for the diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis from Sputa or Tracheal Aspirates from Humans. Would anyone like to share a method/protocol for DFA? Thanks and good weekend to all Muhammad Tahseen MLT (Punjab medical Faculty) MT (Japan) Senior Supervisor Histopathology SKMCH&RC Lahore Pakistan _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet