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Staining

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Cocci bacteria arrangements:   diplococci - paired, staphylococci - grape-clusters, streptococci - chains  
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Some pathogenic cocci include:   Staphylococcus aureus (TSS), streptococcus pneumonia, Neisseria gonorrhea, Neisseria meningitidis, methicillin-resistant staph aureus  
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Bacilli bacteria   Rod-shaped bacteria; pathogenic: Clostridium tetani, C. botulinum, C. difficile, C. perfringens (food poisoning), bacillus anthracis  
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Coccobacilli bacteria   Rod-shaped, short & wide bacteria; pathogenic: Hemophilus influenza, Chlamydia trachomatis  
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Gram-negative bacteria:   Don't stain; Salmonella, Shigella dysenteriae, E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (pneumonia, UTI), N. meningitidis, N. gonorroeae, S. aureus  
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Gram-positive bacteria:   Stain blue due to cell wall of teichoic acid, include - Clostridium botulinum, C. tetani, Corynebacterium diptheriae, Actinomyces  
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Spirochetes are:   Spiral/corkscrew bacteria; pathogenic: Leptospira (Weil's disease), Triponema pallidium (syphilis), Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease), argyrophil stains  
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Some bacteria types that don't have typical bacterial attributes include:   Rickettsiae, mycoplasmas  
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Which bacteria can only reproduce w/i living host cell?   Rickettsiae & chlamydiae  
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Rickettsiae causes:   Rocky mountain spotted fever, typhus, tick-borne diseases  
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Mycoplasmas:   Don't form cell walls, can cause pneumonia, still birth, abortion  
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Which stains are commonly used to screen for the presence of bacteria?   Methylene blue, Giemsa  
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Mycosis is:   disease caused by fungi  
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Mycology is:   study of fungi  
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Molds are:   Filamentous fungi, easy to see septate hyphae in Aspergillus fumigatus  
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Yeasts are:   Single round/oval "budding" cells, Cryptococcus neoformans (meningitis)  
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Yeast-like fungi are:   Filamentous, reproduce by budding to form pseudohyphae, Candida albicans (yeast infection, thrush)  
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Dimorphic fungi:   Have yeast-like morphology at 37 °C, filamentous morphology on artificial media @ 25°C, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Coccidioides immitis (Valley fever), Histoplasma capsulatum  
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Viruses are:   Protein-coated RNA or DNA, seen w/ EM, may form cellular inclusions visible w/ light microscope, e.g. Negri bodies of rabies & cytomegalovirus  
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Protozoans are:   Single-celled microorganisms, psuedopods, flagella, or cilia, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, Toxoplasma gondii  
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Pneumocystis carinii:   aka Pneumocystis jirovecii, used to be considered protozoan, more closely related to yeast  
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Acid-fast bacteria are:   Mycobacteria, rod-shaped, may exhibit filamentous growth, cell walls have lots of lipids so once stained resists acid decolorization, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mycobacterium leprae  
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Kinyoun & Ziehl-Neelsen stains facts   Detect presence of acid-fast mycobacteria, 10% NBF, no Carnoy, QC: tissue w/ acid-fast organisms  
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Kinyoun stain solutions   Kinyoun Carbol-Fuchsin + acid alcohol + methylene blue  
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Kinyoun & Ziehl-Neelsen stain results   acid-fast bacteria: bright red - background: light blue  
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When cutting slides to test for acid-fast bacteria must use:   Millipore filtered water in bath, no tap or dH2O, use negative control from same day/bath/microtome  
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Kinyoun Carbol-Fuchsin solution   basic fuchsin + phenol crystals (enhance stain) + 95% + filtered water filter before use  
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Methylene blue solution   methylene blue + 95% + H2O  
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Kinyoun vs. Ziehl-Neelsen Carbol-Fuchsin solutions   Kinyoun has more basic fuchsin & phenol than Ziehl-Neelsen  
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Ziehl-Neelsen method solutions   Ziehl-Neelsen Carbol-Fuchsin + acid alcohol + methylene blue  
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Ziehl-Neelsen Carbol-Fuchsin solution   basic fuchsin + phenol crystals + 100% + filtered H2O filter before use  
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Microwave Ziehl-Neelsen method solutions   Carbol-Fuchsin soln. + acid alcohol + methylene blue w/ acetic acid  
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Microwave Ziehl-Neelsen method results   acid-fast bacteria (incl. mycobacterium avium intracellulare): red - rbc: pink - mast cells: blue - other: pale blue  
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Carbol-Fuchsin solution   pararosaniline (basic fuchsin) + phenol crystals + isopropanol + filtered H2O filter before use  
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Fite stain facts   To detect presence of Mycobacterium leprae, 10% NBF, no Carnoy, QC: section w/ leprosy organisms  
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Fite stain solutions   xylene-peanut oil + acid alcohol + Ziehl-Neelsen Carbol-Fuchsin soln. + methylene blue w/ acetic acid  
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Fite stain results   M. leprae, acid-fast bacteria: bright red - background: light blue  
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Xylene-peanut oil is used to:   Protect capsule of leprae organism from dissolving during deparaffinization  
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Microwave auramine-rhodamine fluorescence technique facts   To detect presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis & acid-fast bacteria, 10% NBF QC: section w/ acid-fast mycobacteria  
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Microwave auramine-rhodamine fluorescence technique solutions   auramine O-rhodamine B soln. + acid alcohol (decolorize) + Erichrome black T 0.3% (quench autofluorescence)  
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Microwave auramine-rhodamine fluorescence technique results   acid-fast bacteria: reddish-yellow fluorescence - background:black  
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Auramine O-rhodamine B solution   auramine O (fluorescent dye) + rhodamine B (fluorescent dye) + glycerol + phenol + filtered H2O  
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Alcian yellow-T blue facts   To ID H. pylori, no glyoxal QC: tissue w/ H. pylori  
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Alcian yellow-T blue solutions   periodic acid (ox. cell wall) + alcian yellow (stain mucin) + T blue (stain wall) + sodium metabisulfite  
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Alcian yellow-T blue results   H. pylori: deep blue - mucin: yellow  
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Gram stains purpose   ID Gram+ & - bacteria, QC: section w/ Gram +& - bacteria  
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Gram stains solutions   crystal violet (stain all bacteria) + basic fuchsin (stain Gram -) + Gram iodine (mordant) + 100% or acetone (diff.) + tartrazine or picric acid-acetone soln. (counterstain) if overdecolorize, Gram + no stain  
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Gram stains results   Gram + : purple - Gram - : red  
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Brown-Hopps modification of Gram stain solutions   crystal violet in dH2O + basic fuchsin + Gram iodine + Gallego solution + picric acid-acetone  
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Brown-Hopps modification of Gram stain results   Gram + : blue - Gram - : red - background: yellow - nuclei: light red  
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Gallego solution   formalin + glacial acetic acid + dH2O  
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Giemsa stains can demo:   Bacteria, rickettsias, Toxoplasma gondii  
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Modified Diff-Quik Giemsa Stain purpose   ID H. pylori, QC: section w/ H. pylori, Romanowsky-type  
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Modified Diff-Quik Giemsa Stain solutions   Diff-Quik soln. I + Diff-Quik soln. II + acetic acid water  
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Modified Diff-Quik Giemsa Stain results   H. pylori, nuclei: dark blue - other bacteria: blue - cytoplasm: pink  
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Hotchkiss-McManus PAS reaction, Gridley, & Grocott-methenamine-silver nitrate stains purpose   Demo fungi, QC: section w/ fungi  
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Hotchkiss-McManus PAS reaction solutions   periodic acid + Schiff reagent + sulfurous rinse (remove excess leucofuchsin) + fast green w/ acetic acid (or light green)  
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Hotchkiss-McManus PAS reaction results   fungi: rose - background: green  
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Gridley stain solutions   chromic acid + Schiff + aldehyde fuchsin (reacts w/ Schiff like an aldehyde) + metanil yellow  
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Gridley stain results   Mycelia, elastic fibers, mucin: deep purple - conidia: deep rose to purple - background: yellow  
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Grocott-methenamine-silver nitrate stain facts   4-5 μm paraffin, 6 μm frozen, QC: for Pneumocystis use Pneumocystis control, use chemically clean glassware & nonmetallic forceps  
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Grocott-methenamine-silver nitrate stain solutions   chromic or periodic acid (ox. walls to aldehyes) + methenamine-silver nitrate working + gold chloride + sodium bisulfite (remove acid) + sodium thiosulfate + light green w/ acetic acid  
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Grocott-methenamine-silver nitrate stain results   fungi: sharply delineated in black - mucin: taupe to dark gray (if black, methenamine too hot) - background: green  
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Microwave methenamine-silver nitrate procedure purpose   Best to demo on cytospin preps or frozen diagnosis Pneumocystis carinii  
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Microwave methenamine-silver nitrate procedure facts   cytospin prep fixed in 95%, frozen fixed in 40% formaldehyde, 6 μm, paraffin routine QC: pneumatocyst for P. carinii, fungi for fungi  
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Microwave methenamine-silver nitrate procedure solutions   chromic acid + methenamine-silver nitrate working + gold chloride + sodium thiosulfate + sodium bisulfate (clear) + light green w/ acetic acid  
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Microwave methenamine-silver nitrate procedure results   fungi & P. carinii: black - background: green  
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Methenamine-silver working solution   methenamine + AgNO3 + Borax + dH2O  
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What stains can demo Crytococcus neoformans?   Mayer mucicarmine & alcian blue; may demo Blastomyces dermatitidis & Rhinosporidium seeberi  
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Warthin-Starry, microwave Warthin-Starry, & Dieterle purpose   Demo spirochetes, legionella, QC: section w/ spirochetes or legionella  
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Warthin-Starry Technique solutions   AgNO3 2% w/ acidulated water + AgNO3 w/ acidulated water, gelatin soln. & hydroquinone  
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Warthin-Starry Technique results   spirochetes, other bacteria: black - background: pale yellow to light brown  
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Acidulated water   triple-distilled H2O + citric acid pH4.0  
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Microwave Warthin-Starry Method solutions   glycine-acetic acid pH 4.2 + silver nitrate-gelatin-hydroquinone developer w/ glycine-acetic acid  
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Microwave Warthin-Starry Method results   alipia felis (cat-scratch bacillus), legionella pneumophila, nocardia asteroides, H. pylori: black - nuclei, rbc: brown  
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Dieterle Method solutions   alcoholic uranyl nitrate + alcoholic gum mastic (protect organism) + AgNo3 + developer + formic acid  
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Dieterle Method results   spirochetes, bacteria: brown to black - background: pale yellow or tan Melanin, chromatin, formalin pigment, foreign materials may also stain brown to black  
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Dieterle developer solution   alcoholic gum mastic + acetone + hydroquinone + pyridine + sodium sulfite + formaldehyde + dH2O  
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Microwave Steiner & Steiner procedure purpose   Demo spirochetes, H. pylori, legionella QC: section w/ what staining for  
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Microwave Steiner & Steiner procedure solutions   uranyl nitrate (sens.) + AgNo3 + gum mastic + reducing soln.  
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Microwave Steiner & Steiner procedure results   Spirochetes, H. pylori, Legionella, other nonfilamentous bacteria - dark brown to black background - light yellow  
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Microwave Steiner & Steiner reducing solution   gum mastic + hydroquinone (red.) + abs. alcohol  
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When staining for spirochetes avoid what?   Mercurial & chromate fixatives, 10% NBF preferred  
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Sulfurous rinse solution   HCl + potassium metabisulfite + dH2O  
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Argentaffin stains   Gomori methenamine-silver, Grocott methenamine-silver, Fontana Masson, von Kossa  
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Argyrophil stains   Reticulin, Holmes, Bielschowsky, Warthin-Starry, Dieterle, Steiner & Steiner, Grimelius, Churukian-Schenk  
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Sayeed's Stain purpose & reagents   Detect H. Pylori, periodic acid + Schiff + Mayer's hemalum  
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Plasmodium parasites   Cause malaria which deposits pigment closely related to formalin pigment  
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Cryptosporidium   Protozoa, causes severe outbreaks of diarrhea among AIDS patients  
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Listeria monocytogenes   Cause rare form of meningitis, stain variably with Gram stain, appear as intracellular rods in "Chinese letter" formation  
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Ziehl-Neelson may also demonstrate   Lipofuscins if technique is modified to include heat and prolonged staining  
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