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Stains Flashcards

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Giemsa

A

Chlamydia, Borrelia, Ricketsiae, Trypanosomes, Plasmodium

“Certain Bugs Really Try my Patience”

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Chlamydia

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Giemsa

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Borrelia

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Giemsa

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4
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Ricketssiae

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Giemsa

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5
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Trypanosomes

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Giemsa

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Plasmodium

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Giemsa

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7
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PAS (periodic acid-schiff)

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Stains glycogen, mucoplysaccharides; used to diagnose Whipple disease (Tropheryma whipplei)
PASs the sugar

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8
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Ziehl-Neelson (carbol fuschin)

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Acid-fast organisms (Nocardia, Mycobacterium), protozoa (Cryptosporidium oocysts)
Alternative is auramine-rhodamine stain for screening (inexpensive, more sensitive but less specific)

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9
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India ink

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Cryptococcus neoformans (mucicarmine can also be used to stain thick polysaccharide capsule red)

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10
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Silver stain

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Fungi (Pneumocystis), Legionella, Helicobacter pylori

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11
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Whipple disease

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PAS

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12
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Nocardia

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Ziehl-Neelson (carbol fuchsin)

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13
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Mycobacterium

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Ziehl-Neelson (carbol fuchsin)

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14
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Cryptosporidium oocysts

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Ziehl-Neelson (carbol fuchsin)

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15
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Cryptococcus neoformans

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India ink

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16
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Pneumocystis

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Silver stain

17
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Legionella

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Silver stain

18
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Helicobacter pylori

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Silver stain

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