[Histonet] Modified acid fast stain for actinomyces

Wed Sep 8 08:19:44 CDT 2004

No modification is needed. Neither does it stain the Actinomyces. Rather, the club shaped ends of the filaments, being an antigen-antibody complex - known as Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon - are stained red. They are not necessarily present.

Dr Terry L Marshall, B.A.(Law), M.B.,Ch.B.,F.R.C.Path
 Consultant Pathologist
 Rotherham General Hospital
 South Yorkshire
 England
        terry.marshall <@t> rothgen.nhs.uk

-----Original Message-----
From: Angela Bitting [mailto:akbitting <@t> geisinger.edu]
Sent: 08 September 2004 13:53
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Modified acid fast stain for actinomyces

Anyone have a recipe for this stain?

Angela Bitting, HT(ASCP)
Technical Specialist, Histology
Geisinger Medical Center
100 N Academy Ave.
Danville, PA 17822
phone  570-214-9634
fax  570-271-5916

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