Special Stains Micro Flashcards

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Capsular anti-staining = India ink

Capsular staining = mucicarmine stain

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Disease: Cryptococcosis
Organism: Cryptococcus neoformans

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Gomori methenamine silver stain

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Pneumocystis jirovecci

SGU practice questions only said “silver stain” but do not confuse with legionaire’s silver stain which is a different stain…

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3
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Ziehl-Neelsen stain

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TB

Also called acid fast stain

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4
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Gram neg rod with bipolar staining

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Meliodosis/Whitemore’s Disease

Organism: Burkholderia pseudomallei

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5
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Methylamine silver stain

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Legionnaire’s Disease

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Giemsa stain with a thin blood smear

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Babesia from ticks

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