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Kinyoun stain

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Kinyoun stain,
a modification of the Ziehl-Neelsen acid-fast stain in which organisms are stained cold by using carbol-fuchsin. It is often used for detection of mycobacteria, Nocardia, and oocysts of some parasites. See also carbol-fuchsin stain.


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The MGIT showed fluorescence (bacterial growth) after 1 day of incubation, and the Kinyoun stain was positive for acid-fast bacilli.
Kinyoun stain was negative for acid-fast organisms, and no malignancy was identified.
 
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