Medical Definition of Pappenheim's stain
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A method for differentiating tubercle and smegma bacilli; the preparation is stained with hot carbol-fuchsin solution, then treated with an alcoholic solution of rosolic acid and methylene blue to which glycerin is added; tubercle bacilli are stained bright red, but smegma bacilli are decolorised.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pappenheim's Stain
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