Table 2
List of organisms that stain positively with the periodic acid Schiff reagent
Actinomycetes
Atypical mycobacteria
Mycobacterium avium intracellulare
55
Mycobacterium genavense
Bacillus cereus
56
Corynebacterium
spp
Fungi
Histoplasma
Rhodococcus equi
57
(previously known as
Corynebacterium equi
)