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Azure

Toluidine blue Alcian yellow GMS

Lillie's azure A eosin B stain

CONTROL TISSUE: Bone marrow
MAIN DISTRIBUTION: Cells. Bacteria and protozoa.
TYPE OF STAINING: Nuclei blue. Basophils and mast cell granules purple to blue. Erythrocytes red. Eosinophil granules red. Cytoplasm blue to pink.
APPLICATION: Easy visualization of basophils, mast cells and eosinophils. Also Bacteria and Protozoa.

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Toluidine blue

 CONTROL TISSUE: Stomach mucosa with Helicobacter
MAIN DISTRIBUTION: Bacteria is in the lumen of the glands or surface.
TYPE OF STAINING: organism stains blue
APPLICATION: Helicobacter pylori
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Alcian yellow

CONTROL TISSUE: Stomach mucosa with Helicobacter
MAIN DISTRIBUTION: Bacteria is in the lumen of the glands or surface.
TYPE OF STAINING: organism stains blue, mucus greenish-yellow
APPLICATION: Helicobacter pylori

 
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Gomori's metanamine silver method

CONTROL TISSUE: Liver with histoplamosis
TYPE OF STAINING: Fungi wall stains black in a green background
APPLICATION: Visualization of fungi
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