TABLE 2.4.
Immunohistochemical Stains Commercially Available for Microbe Identification in Paraffin-Embedded Tissues
Fungi | Viruses and Bacteria |
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Aspergillus (genus only) | Herpes virus 1 (cross-reacts herpes virus 2) |
Cryptococcus | Varicella zoster |
Histoplasma | Cytomegalovirus |
Candida spp. | Respiratory syncytial virus |
Coccidioides immitis | Adenovirus |
Pneumocystis jiroveci | Epstein-Barr (Epstein-Barr-encoded RNA) |
Pseudallescheria boydii | Actinomycetes |
Zygomycoses (genus only) | Actinomyces israelii |
Sporothrix schenckii | Actinomyces naeslundii |
Trichosporon | Arachnia propionica |