- 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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
