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Ziehl-Neel·sen stain

(zēl nāl'sen),

a method for staining acid-fast bacteria using Ziehl stain, decolorizing in acid alcohol, and counterstaining with methylene blue; acid-fast organisms appear red, other tissue elements light blue; a modification of this stain is also used for Actinomycetes and Brucella.

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Neelsen,

Friedrich K.A., German pathologist, 1854-1894.

Ziehl-Neelsen stain - see under Ziehl

Ziehl,

Franz, German bacteriologist, 1857-1926.

Ziehl stain - a carbol-fuchsin solution of phenol and basic fuchsin used to demonstrate bacteria and cell nuclei.

Ziehl-Neelsen stain - a method for staining acid-fast bacteria.

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Giemsa and Ziehl-Neelsen staining were negative for fungi and acid-fast bacilli, respectively.

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(d) Ziehl-Neelsen Staining showing scant AFB [ZN Staining (1000x)].

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Ziehl-Neelsen staining was performed on smears of 31 biopsy specimens.

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Color and odor of the fluid, glucose, protein lactate dehydrogenase, Gram staining, Ziehl-Neelsen staining, cytology and cytopathology of the fluids were mandatory investigations.

Status of exudative pleural effusion in adults of South Khorasan province, northeast Iran: pleural tuberculosis tending toward elderly

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