- Ziehl-Neelsen carbolfuchsin
- a mixture of basic fuchsin and liquefied phenol in alcohol and purified water; used in the Ziehl-Neelsen staining method (see at Stains and Staining Methods, under stain).
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Ziehl-Neelsen carbolfuchsin
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Ziehl-Neelsen carbolfuchsin solution — Ziehl Neelsen carbolfuchsin. See also Ziehl Neelsen staining method, at Table of Stains and Staining Methods, under stain … Medical dictionary
Ziehl-Neelsen carbolfuchsin staining method — Ziehl Neel·sen carbolfuchsin, staining method (tsēlґ nālґsen) [Franz Ziehl, German bacteriologist, 1857–1926; Friedrich Karl Adolf Neelsen, German pathologist, 1854–1894] see under carbolfuchsin, and at Stains and Staining Methods,… … Medical dictionary
Ziehl-Neelsen stain — The Ziehl Neelsen stain, also known as the acid fast stain, was first described by two German doctors; Franz Ziehl (1859 to 1926), a bacteriologist and Friedrich Neelsen (1854 to 1894), a pathologist. It is a special bacteriological stain used to … Wikipedia
Ziehl-Neelsen staining method — a stain for acid fast organisms. A heat fixed smear is flooded with Ziehl Neelsen carbolfuchsin, heated for 5 minutes, cooled, and washed. The slide is decolorized with acid alcohol, washed, and counterstained with methylene blue. Acid fast… … Medical dictionary
Ziehl-Neelsen stain — Ziehl Neel·sen stain tsēl nāl sən n a carbolfuchsin stain used esp. for detecting the tubercle bacillus Ziehl Franz (1857 1926) German bacteriologist. A professor in Lübeck, Ziehl introduced the carbolfuchsin stain for the tubercle bacillus in… … Medical dictionary
carbolfuchsin stain — carbolfuchsin used in a stain, particularly for detection of acid fast bacteria; see Kinyoun staining method, Ziehl Neelsen staining method, and Fite method. It is also used as a counterstain for Legionella pneumophila following other routine… … Medical dictionary
Kinyoun carbolfuchsin — a modification of Ziehl Neelsen carbolfuchsin containing a higher concentration of phenol and basic fuchsin, eliminating the need for heating of the slide in staining. See Kinyoun staining method, at Stains and Staining Methods, under stain … Medical dictionary
Franz Ziehl — Dr. Franz Ziehl (1857 1926) was a German bacteriologist. He was a professor in Lübeck. Franz Ziehl introduced the carbolfuchsin stain for the tubercle bacillus in 1882. With pathologist Friedrich Neelsen (1854 1894), he developed the Ziehl… … Wikipedia
Franz Ziehl — Franz H. Ziehl (* 1857 in Wismar; † 1926 in Lübeck) war ein deutscher Bakteriologe und Professor in Lübeck. In Weiterentwicklung der Arbeiten von Paul Ehrlich etablierte er eine Carbolfuchsin Färbung zum Nachweis von säurefesten Stäbchen (wie den … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fite method — a staining method used for acid fast microorganisms. Tissue sections are deparaffinized in 2:1 xylene and peanut oil, then stained with Ziehl Neelsen carbolfuchsin, decolorized with acid alcohol, and counterstained with methylene blue … Medical dictionary
