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darkfield microscopy

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darkfield microscopy
Etymology: AS, deorc, hidden, feld, field; Gk, mikros, small, skopein, to look
examination of a microscopic specimen illuminated by a peripheral light source. The illumination causes the specimen to appear to glow against a dark background. In laboratory diagnosis, the technique is used primarily to identify the syphilis spirochete. Also called darkfield illumination, ultramicroscopy.


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minus has not been recovered on artificial media but can be seen by using darkfield microscopy with Giemsa or Wright stains.
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Cultures were incubated for 6 weeks at 35[degrees]C and examined weekly for spirochetes by darkfield microscopy.
 
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