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Kinyoun carbolfuchsin solution — Kinyoun carbolfuchsin. See also Kinyoun staining method, at Table of Stains and Staining Methods, under stain … Medical dictionary
Kinyoun staining method — a stain for acid fast organisms that does not require heating the stained slides. A heat fixed smear is treated with Kinyoun carbolfuchsin. The slide is washed with water, decolorized with acid alcohol, and counterstained with methylene blue.… … Medical dictionary
carbolfuchsin stain — carbolfuchsin used in a stain, particularly for detection of acid fast bacteria; see Kinyoun staining method, Ziehl Neelsen staining method, and Fite method. It is also used as a counterstain for Legionella pneumophila following other routine… … Medical dictionary
Ziehl-Neelsen stain — The Ziehl Neelsen stain, also known as the acid fast stain, was first described by two German doctors; Franz Ziehl (1859 to 1926), a bacteriologist and Friedrich Neelsen (1854 to 1894), a pathologist. It is a special bacteriological stain used to … Wikipedia
Ziehl-Neelsen staining method — a stain for acid fast organisms. A heat fixed smear is flooded with Ziehl Neelsen carbolfuchsin, heated for 5 minutes, cooled, and washed. The slide is decolorized with acid alcohol, washed, and counterstained with methylene blue. Acid fast… … Medical dictionary
