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microscope slide
(redirected from Wet-mount)

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Noun1.microscope slide - a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic studymicroscope slide - a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
cover glass, cover slip - a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide
plate glass, sheet glass - glass formed into large thin sheets
section - a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope; "sections from the left ventricle showed diseased tissue"


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Traditional diagnostic approaches, including wet-mount microscopy, pH tests, and culture, lack sensitivity and may be subjective.
In the article, a cost-effective screening approach is mentioned, which includes culturing only for those women whose wet-mount tests are negative.
Fungal isolates were identified on the basis of colonial morphology, lactophenol cotton blue wet-mount microscopy, and slide culture in accordance with standard procedures.
 
 
 
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