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→Acid-fast bacilli stains
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There are several AFB stains: | There are several AFB stains: | ||
*Ziehl-Neelson stain - used to look for ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]''. | *Ziehl-Neelson stain - used to look for ''[[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]''. | ||
*Fite stain - used to look for ''[[Mycobacterium leprae]]'' | *Fite stain - used to look for ''[[Mycobacterium leprae]]''<ref>URL: [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/HISTHTML/MANUALS/FITES.PDF http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/HISTHTML/MANUALS/FITES.PDF]. Accessed on: 19 May 2011.</ref> and preferred stain for [[Mycobacterium_avium_complex|MAC]].<ref name=pmid21327589>{{cite journal |vauthors=Ilyas S, Youssef D, Chaudhary H, Al-Abbadi MA |title=Myocbacterium-avium intracellulare associated inflammatory pseudotumor of the anterior nasal cavity |journal=Head Neck Pathol |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=296–301 |date=September 2011 |pmid=21327589 |pmc=3173547 |doi=10.1007/s12105-011-0248-0 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Auramine-rhodamine stain. | *Auramine-rhodamine stain. | ||
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*Red = AFB. | *Red = AFB. | ||
*Blue = background. | *Blue = background. | ||
===Auramine-rhodamine stain=== | ===Auramine-rhodamine stain=== | ||