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==Warthin-Starry stain== | ==Warthin-Starry stain== | ||
Background | Background: | ||
*Developed by a bunch of pathologists in Michigan to look for spirochetes.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/warthin]</ref> | *Developed by a bunch of pathologists in Michigan to look for spirochetes.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/warthin]</ref> | ||
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*http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pylorigastritis.jpg Helicobacter gastritis - Warthin-Starry stain (WC)]. | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pylorigastritis.jpg Helicobacter gastritis - Warthin-Starry stain (WC)]. | ||
Notes: | |||
*Considered a "dirty" stain - picks-up junk in the background.<ref>DB. 4 August 2010.</ref> | |||
==Dieterle stain== | |||
===Use=== | |||
*Find spirochetes, e.g. syphilis (Treponema pallidum),<ref name=Ref_WMSP455>{{Ref WMSP|455}}</ref> donovan bodies (leishmaniasis).<ref>URL: [http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?Dieterle%27s+stain http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?Dieterle%27s+stain]. Accessed on: 4 August 2010.</ref> | |||
Interpretation: | |||
*Spirochetes - black. | |||
*Background - yellow. | |||
Images: [http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/trepo.jpg Treponema (med.sc.edu)], [http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/fox/spiro-neisseria.htm Spirochetes - several images (med.sc.edu)]. | |||
==Bielschowsky stain== | ==Bielschowsky stain== | ||