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auramine

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auramine
[ôr′əmēn]
a yellow aniline dye used in the manufacture of paints, textiles, and rubber products. The experimental carcinogen in animals has been identified as a cause of bladder cancer in humans. Also called dimethylaniline.

auramine
a fluorescent dye used in staining tisues for fluorescence microscopy.


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Auramine staining was performed on the decontaminated materials for detection of acid-fast rods.
To confirm the identification of Cryptosporidium at this unit, fecal smears were stained by using a modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain (9) and inspected by bright-field microscopy or by using an auramine phenol method (10) and inspected by fluorescence microscopy.
Ziehl-Nielsen and auramine rhodamine stains failed to demonstrate mycobacteria.
 
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