Ziehl–Neelsen stain

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Ziehl–Neelsen stain is a classic acid-fast staining technique used in microbiology to visualize Mycobacterium species, especially Mycobacterium tuberculosis, in clinical specimens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf acid-fast stain ⓘ
microbiology technique ⓘ
staining technique ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ZN stain ⓘ
carbol fuchsin acid-fast stain ⓘ
basedOn acid-fastness ⓘ
category bacteriological staining ⓘ
differential staining technique ⓘ
contrastWith Gram stain ⓘ
Kinyoun stain ⓘ
fluorochrome auramine–rhodamine stain ⓘ
counterstain malachite green ⓘ
methylene blue ⓘ
decolorizer acid-alcohol ⓘ
detectsOrganism Mycobacterium leprae ⓘ
Mycobacterium tuberculosis ⓘ
Nocardia species ⓘ
linked to: Nocardia asteroides

other acid-fast bacilli ⓘ
developedBy Franz Ziehl ⓘ
Friedrich Neelsen ⓘ
field medical microbiology ⓘ
microbiology ⓘ
historicalSignificance classic method for tuberculosis diagnosis ⓘ
microscopeType bright-field microscope ⓘ
mordantOrAid heat ⓘ
negativeResultAppearance blue background ⓘ
positiveResultAppearance red bacilli ⓘ
primaryStain carbol fuchsin ⓘ
principle acid-fast organisms resist decolorization by acid-alcohol ⓘ
requires heating of primary stain ⓘ
safetyConsideration requires biosafety precautions for infectious aerosols ⓘ
sampleType body fluids ⓘ
sputum ⓘ
tissue sections ⓘ
sensitivityComparedToCulture lower ⓘ
specificityForAcidFastBacteria high ⓘ
stainsStructure mycobacterial cell wall ⓘ
stainsTarget mycolic acids ⓘ
usedFor detection of Mycobacterium species ⓘ
detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ⓘ
diagnosis of tuberculosis ⓘ
examination of clinical specimens ⓘ
sputum smear microscopy ⓘ
visualization of acid-fast bacteria ⓘ
usedIn resource-limited settings ⓘ
tuberculosis control programs ⓘ
visualizationMethod light microscopy ⓘ

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis → stainMethod → Ziehl–Neelsen stain ⓘ
Mycobacterium → stainingMethod → Ziehl–Neelsen stain ⓘ
Mycobacterium → stainingMethod → Kinyoun stain ⓘ
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Ziehl–Neelsen stain → alsoKnownAs → carbol fuchsin acid-fast stain ⓘ
linked to: Ziehl–Neelsen stain
Kinyoun stain → basedOn → Ziehl–Neelsen stain ⓘ
Kinyoun stain → comparedTo → Ziehl–Neelsen stain ⓘ
Kinyoun stain → relatedTo → Ziehl–Neelsen stain ⓘ
Friedrich Neelsen → knownFor → Ziehl–Neelsen stain ⓘ
Friedrich Neelsen → knownFor → Ziehl–Neelsen staining technique ⓘ
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Friedrich Neelsen → coDeveloperOf → Ziehl–Neelsen stain ⓘ
Friedrich Neelsen → coDeveloperOf → Ziehl–Neelsen staining technique ⓘ
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Friedrich Neelsen → notableWork → Ziehl–Neelsen stain ⓘ
Friedrich Neelsen → notableWork → Ziehl–Neelsen staining technique ⓘ
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Friedrich Neelsen → hasWorkNamedAfter → Ziehl–Neelsen stain ⓘ
Friedrich Neelsen → hasWorkNamedAfter → Ziehl–Neelsen staining technique ⓘ
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ZN stain → fullName → Ziehl–Neelsen stain ⓘ