Oh My STAIN! Flashcards

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1
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Mordant

A

GRAM’S IODINE

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2
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Decolorizer

A

ETHYL ALCOHOL or ACETONE

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3
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Counterstain

A

SAFRANIN

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4
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Treponema pallidum

A

DARKFIELD MICROSCOPY

Too thin to see

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5
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Rickettsiae

A

GIEMSA STAIN

Intracellular, very small

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6
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Legionella pneumoniae

A

SILVER STAIN

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7
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Mycobacterium

A

ACID FAST

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8
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Chlamydia

A

CYTOPLASMIC INCLUSION BODIES GIEMSA

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9
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Primary stain

A

CRYSTAL VIOLET

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10
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CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS

A

INDIA INK

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11
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Pneumocystis

A

SILVER STAIN

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12
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Borrelia

A

WRIGHT STAIN

Giemsa

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13
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Pneumocystis carinii

A

GOMORI METHENAMINE STAIN

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14
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Acid fast organism

A

AURAMINE RHODAMINE DYE

KINYOUN

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15
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Fungi

A

CALCIFLOUR WHITE

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16
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Herpes

A

TZANCK SMEAR

17
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MTB

A

ZIEHL NIELSEN

18
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Whipple’s disease

TROPHERYMA WHIPPELI

A

PAS (glycogen)

19
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Hemoflagellates

A

GIEMSA

20
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Malaria

A

GIEMSA

21
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Trypanosome

A

GIEMSA

22
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Chlamydia

A

GIEMSA

23
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Plasmodium

A

GIEMSA

24
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Carbon Fushsin Method

A

ZIEHL NEELSEN METHOD

KINYOUN METHOD

CARBOL FUSHSIN ACID METHOD