The Ziehl-Neelsen stain, also known as the acid-fast stain, is a bacteriological staining technique used in cytopathology and microbiology to identify...

Adolf Neelsen (March 29, 1854, Uetersen – April 11, 1894, Dresden) was a German pathologist. Friedrich C.A. Neelsen was born to Hans Friedrich Neelsen, deacon...

mycolic acids found in their cell membranes. It is a component of Ziehl–Neelsen stain, a differential stain. Carbol fuchsin is used as the primary stain...

common staining technique used to identify acid-fast bacteria is the Ziehl–Neelsen stain, in which the acid-fast species are stained bright red and stand...

symbol Zn, a chemical element Zettanewton (ZN), an SI unit of force Ziehl–Neelsen stain, a bacteriological stain Zontanoi Nekroi, a Greek hip hop group Air...

acid-fast organisms (e.g. Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Nocardia) as the Ziehl–Neelsen stain, it is more affordable and more sensitive, therefore it is often...

bacillus. The most common acid-fast staining techniques are the Ziehl–Neelsen stain and the Kinyoun stain, which dye acid-fast bacilli a bright red that...

Eosinophilia and elevated IgE levels are chief hematological findings. Also Ziehl–Neelsen stain can be used to differentiate between mature T. saginata and T. solium...

acid-fast bacilli as bright red against a blue background are the Ziehl-Neelsen stain and modified Kinyoun stain. Fite's stain is used to color M. leprae...

blue). Unlike the Ziehl–Neelsen stain (Z-N stain), the Kinyoun method of staining does not require heating. In the Ziehl–Neelsen stain, heat acts as a physical...

M. leprae, one of the causative agents of leprosy: As an acid-fast bacterium, M. leprae appears red when a Ziehl–Neelsen stain is used....

binds to the mycolic acid in its cell wall) in a way similar to Ziehl–Neelsen stain. It can also be used as a fluorescent version of the Schiff reagent...

Gram stain may give a rough indication of the causative organism. A Ziehl–Neelsen stain may identify tuberculosis or other mycobacterial diseases. Cytology...

capital for Gram stain.[citation needed] Bacterial cell structure Ziehl–Neelsen stain "Gram Stain: MedlinePlus Medical Test". medlineplus.gov. Colco, R...

be stained green accompanied by all other cells appearing red. A Ziehl–Neelsen stain is an acid-fast stain used to stain species of Mycobacterium tuberculosis...

tubercle bacillus in 1882. With pathologist Friedrich Neelsen (1854–1898), he developed the Ziehl–Neelsen stain, also known as the acid-fast stain, which is...

is 3.0 to 5.0 μm long with a bacillus shape and can be stained by Ziehl–Neelsen method and the auramine-rhodamine fluorescent method. It was first reported...

biology, it can be used for staining acid-fast organisms, e.g. by Ziehl–Neelsen stain, and for making Schiff's reagent. As a primary amine, the dye can...

amplification Kinyoun stain Tuberculosis Tuberculosis diagnosis Ziehl-Neelsen stain Elbir H, Abdel-Muhsin AM, Babiker A (February 2008). "A one-step...

acid-fast bacteria in the case of infection by M. tuberculosis (Ziehl–Neelsen stain), or the culture of NTM using specific growth and staining techniques...

tuberculosis can appear weakly Gram-positive. Acid-fast stains such as Ziehl–Neelsen, or fluorescent stains such as auramine are used instead to identify M...

Staining Gram stain Acid-fast stain Giemsa stain India ink stain Ziehl–Neelsen stain Wet prep Rapid tests Oxidase Catalase Indole PYR Manual testing:...

particularly mycobacteria or Nocardia, which show acid fastness on Ziehl–Neelsen or similar stains. Other organisms may need to be identified by their growth...

is possible, examination for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (either a Ziehl–Neelsen or Kinyoun stain, and mycobacterial cultures) should be done. A polymerase...

and PCR detection of ribosomal 5.8S gene are sometimes necessary. Ziehl–Neelsen stain is also used for T. saginata and T. solium, in most cases only the...

signs and clinical diagnosis. Sputum smear microscopy, using the Ziehl–Neelsen staining technique, is conducted at the DMCs. This is the most widely available...

tuberculous meningitis is suspected, the sample is processed for Ziehl–Neelsen stain, which has a low sensitivity, and tuberculosis culture, which takes...

have many different stains at their disposal (GRAM, MGG, Grocott, Ziehl–Neelsen, etc.). Immunofluorescence, cytochemistry, the immunocytochemistry, and...

BCG vaccine Microscopic image of the Calmette–Guérin bacillus, Ziehl–Neelsen stain, magnification: 1,000nn Vaccine description Target Mycobacterium tuberculosis...

bacteria, with his work being the basis of the Gram stain and the Ziehl–Neelsen stain. A major step forward in the study of bacteria came in 1977 when...