title: A comparison of methods for staining tubercle bacilli in histological sections.
abstract: The Ziehl-Neelsen stain is compared with three alternative methods of staining tubercle bacilli in paraffin sections: Fite's method (1938); a modification by Armstrong and Price (1947) of Fite's method; and a fluorescent method using the auramine-phenol stain. The fluorescent method was found to be the most effective of the four methods and its use is recommended as a routine tool in diagnostic histopathology.
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes; D013194:Staining and Labeling
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D012394:Rosaniline Dyes