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    The Ziehl-Neelsen stain, also known as the acid-fast stain, is a bacteriological staining technique used in cytopathology and microbiology to identify...
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    still typically use capital for Gram stain.[citation needed] Bacterial cell structure ZiehlNeelsen stain "Gram Stain: MedlinePlus Medical Test". medlineplus...
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    bacteria will be stained green accompanied by all other cells appearing red. A ZiehlNeelsen stain is an acid-fast stain used to stain species of Mycobacterium...
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    Acid-fastness (redirect from Afb stain)
    fluorescent dyes (auramine-rhodamine stain, for example). ZiehlNeelsen stain (classic and modified bleach types) Kinyoun stain For color blind people (or in...
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  • primary stain (basic fuchsin), a decolorizer (acid-alcohol), and a counterstain (methylene blue). Unlike the ZiehlNeelsen stain (Z-N stain), the Kinyoun...
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    Giemsa stain (/ˈɡiːmzə/), named after German chemist and bacteriologist Gustav Giemsa, is a nucleic acid stain used in cytogenetics and for the histopathological...
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    auramine–rhodamine stain is not as specific for acid-fast organisms (e.g. Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Nocardia) as the ZiehlNeelsen stain, it is more affordable...
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    Carbol fuchsin (category Staining dyes)
    membranes. It is a component of ZiehlNeelsen stain, a differential stain. Carbol fuchsin is used as the primary stain dye to detect acid-fast bacteria...
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    tuberculous meningitis is suspected, the sample is processed for ZiehlNeelsen stain, which has a low sensitivity, and tuberculosis culture, which takes...
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  • carbol fuchsin stain for the tubercle bacillus in 1882. With pathologist Friedrich Neelsen (1854–1898), he developed the ZiehlNeelsen stain, also known...
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    [citation needed] In biology, it can be used for staining acid-fast organisms, e.g. by ZiehlNeelsen stain, and for making Schiff's reagent. As a primary...
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    histological demonstration of stainable acid-fast bacteria in the case of infection by M. tuberculosis (ZiehlNeelsen stain), or the culture of NTM using...
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    Together with microbiologist Franz Ziehl, Neelsen developed the ZiehlNeelsen stain, a method for the staining of acid-fast bacteria, used to this day...
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    Auramine O (category Staining dyes)
    used to stain acid-fast bacteria (e.g. Mycobacterium, where it binds to the mycolic acid in its cell wall) in a way similar to ZiehlNeelsen stain. It can...
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    bright red against a blue background are the Ziehl-Neelsen stain and modified Kinyoun stain. Fite's stain is used to color M. leprae cells as pink against...
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  • chemical element Zettanewton (ZN), an SI unit of force ZiehlNeelsen stain, a bacteriological stain Zontanoi Nekroi, a Greek hip hop group Air Bourbon, a...
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    findings. Also ZiehlNeelsen stain can be used to differentiate between mature T. saginata and T. solium, in most cases T. saginata will stain while T. solium...
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    allow the organisms to multiply. If microbial growth is detected, a Gram stain is conducted from the culture bottle to confirm that organisms are present...
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    are sometimes necessary. ZiehlNeelsen stain is also used for T. saginata and T. solium, in most cases only the former will stain, but the method is not...
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    cultures) become positive. A Gram stain may give a rough indication of the causative organism. A ZiehlNeelsen stain may identify tuberculosis or other...
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    acid-fast bacillus. The most common acid-fast staining techniques are the ZiehlNeelsen stain and the Kinyoun stain, which dye acid-fast bacilli a bright red...
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    or by swabbing the edge of the ulcer. The fluid is then stained with the ZiehlNeelsen stain which makes mycobacteria visible. In practice microscopy...
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    (Sifra 63) make clear that tzaraath refers to various types of lesions or stains associated with ritual impurity and occurring on cloth, leather, or houses...
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    Loop-mediated isothermal amplification Kinyoun stain Tuberculosis Tuberculosis diagnosis Ziehl-Neelsen stain Elbir H, Abdel-Muhsin AM, Babiker A (February...
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    pioneered the use of stains to detect and identify bacteria, with his work being the basis of the Gram stain and the ZiehlNeelsen stain. A major step forward...
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    techniques Colonial morphology Hemolysis Staining Gram stain Acid-fast stain Giemsa stain India ink stain ZiehlNeelsen stain Wet prep Rapid tests Oxidase Catalase...
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    techniques Colonial morphology Hemolysis Staining Gram stain Acid-fast stain Giemsa stain India ink stain ZiehlNeelsen stain Wet prep Rapid tests Oxidase Catalase...
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    lactophenol cotton blue stain can be added. The slide is gently heated to speed up the action of the KOH. Adding calcofluor-white stain to the slide will cause...
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    BCG vaccine Microscopic image of the Calmette–Guérin bacillus, ZiehlNeelsen stain, magnification: 1,000nn Vaccine description Target Mycobacterium tuberculosis...
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  • techniques Colonial morphology Hemolysis Staining Gram stain Acid-fast stain Giemsa stain India ink stain ZiehlNeelsen stain Wet prep Rapid tests Oxidase Catalase...
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