Acridine Orange Fluorescent Microscopy is more Sensitive than India Ink Light Microscopy in the Rapid Detection of Cryptococcosis among Crag Positive HIV Patients

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dc.contributor.authorAkampurira, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorKwizera, Richard
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Darlisha
dc.contributor.authorBoulware, David R.
dc.contributor.authorMeya, David B.
dc.contributor.authoron behalf of the ASTRO-CM Study Team
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-18T19:06:31Z
dc.date.available2022-08-18T19:06:31Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIndia ink microscopy on cerebrospinal fluid is still utilized in resource limited settings for the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis despite its poor sensitivity. We hypothesized that staining fungal nucleic acids with fluorescent dyes instead of the capsule with India ink might improve sensitivity for the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis.We enrolled 96 HIV-infected participants with cryptococcal meningitis who provided 194 CSF specimens at serial time points in Kampala, Uganda. Cryptococcosis was diagnosed by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) test and only positive samples were included. We stained CSF with India ink and acridine orange. We cultured the same samples on standard fungal media. We compared acridine orange to CrAg, India ink and CSF culture.Acridine orange was more sensitive (96%) than India ink (79%) with reference to CSF CrAg. Acridine orange and India ink had a statistically significant difference (P<0.001) with a 25% correlation for detection of Cryptococcus yeasts. India ink had more negative results (22%) than acridine orange (4%). The sensitivity for India ink increased (86%) while that of acridine orange did not change (97%) when compared to CSF culture. However, both India ink and acridine orange had poor predictive values with reference to culture. Acridine orange is a better alternative to India ink in the rapid detection of cryptococcosis among CrAg positive HIV patients.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKwizera, R., Akampurira, A., Williams, D., Boulware, D. R., Meya, D. B., & ASTRO-CM Study Team. (2017). Acridine orange fluorescent microscopy is more sensitive than India ink light microscopy in the rapid detection of cryptococcosis among CrAg positive HIV patients. PLoS One, 12(7), e0182108.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182108en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4298
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPLoS Oneen_US
dc.titleAcridine Orange Fluorescent Microscopy is more Sensitive than India Ink Light Microscopy in the Rapid Detection of Cryptococcosis among Crag Positive HIV Patientsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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