LP6381-0
Methenamine silver nitrate stain
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Description
Grocott-Gomori's (or Gömöri) methenamine silver stain (GMS) is a popular staining method in histology as a screen for fungal organisms and can be used to identify the yeast-like fungus Pneumocystis jiroveci which causes a form of pneumonia called Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) or Pneumocystosis. The cell walls of these organisms are outlined by the brown to black stain. Source: Regenstrief LOINC, Grocott-Gomori's methenamine silver stain (GMS)
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Methenamine silver nitrate stain
- Part Display Name
- Methenamine silver nitrate stain
- Part Type
- Method (Describes the method by which the test was performed)
- Created On
- 2000-05-03
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- MS Nitrate Stn
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 六亚甲基四胺硝酸银染色法 Synonyms: 乌洛托品硝酸银染色; |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Coloration méthénamine-nitrate d'argent |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Tinción nitrato de plata metenamina |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Metenamina nitrato d'argento, colorazione Synonyms: Colorazione metenamina nitrato d''argento |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Metenamin silver nitrat boyama |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | methenaminezilvernitraatkleuring |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Coloration méthénamine-nitrate d'argent Synonyms: Coloration. Méthénamine-nitrate d''argent |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | barwienie azotanem metenaminy srebra |
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