• It differentially stains human and bacterial cells purple and pink respectively. (wikipedia.org)
  • Giemsa stain (/ˈɡiːmzə/), named after German chemist and bacteriologist Gustav Giemsa, is a nucleic acid stain used in cytogenetics and for the histopathological diagnosis of malaria and other parasites. (wikipedia.org)
  • Giemsa stain is used in Giemsa banding, commonly called G-banding, to stain chromosomes and often used to create a karyogram (chromosome map). (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] Giemsa stain is also a differential stain, such as when it is combined with Wright stain to form Wright-Giemsa stain. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] Giemsa stain is a classic blood film stain for peripheral blood smears and bone marrow specimens. (wikipedia.org)
  • Giemsa stain is also used to visualize chromosomes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Giemsa stains the fungus Histoplasma, Chlamydia bacteria, and can be used to identify mast cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • Giemsa's solution is a mixture of methylene blue, eosin, and Azure B. The stain is usually prepared from commercially available Giemsa powder. (wikipedia.org)
  • The slide is immersed in a freshly prepared 5% Giemsa stain solution for 20-30 minutes (in emergencies 5-10 minutes in 10% solution can be used), then flushed with tap water and left to dry. (wikipedia.org)
  • Wikimedia Commons has media related to Giemsa stains. (wikipedia.org)
  • Biological stains and staining protocols Histology Leishman stain Microscopy Romanowsky stain Wright's stain Giemsa G (1904 Eine Vereinfachung und Vervollkommnung meiner Methylenblau-Eosin-Färbemethode zur Erzielung der Romanowsky-Nocht'schen Chromatinfärbung. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] It stains the trophozoite Trichomonas vaginalis, which presents with greenish discharge and motile cells on wet prep. (wikipedia.org)
  • Erythrocytes stain pink, platelets show a light pale pink, lymphocyte cytoplasm stains sky blue, monocyte cytoplasm stains pale blue, and leukocyte nuclear chromatin stains magenta. (wikipedia.org)
  • HeLa cells were serially diluted and seeded into a 96-well plate, cultured, fixed and permeabilized, then probed for Tubulin with AzureSpectra 550 (520 channel, green), beta-Actin with AzureSpectra 800 (785 channel, blue) and RedDot™1 Nuclear Stain as a normalization control (785 channel, red). (azurebiosystems.com)
  • Biological stains and staining protocols Histology Leishman stain Microscopy Romanowsky stain Wright's stain Giemsa G (1904 Eine Vereinfachung und Vervollkommnung meiner Methylenblau-Eosin-Färbemethode zur Erzielung der Romanowsky-Nocht'schen Chromatinfärbung. (wikipedia.org)
  • Giemsa's solution is a mixture of methylene blue, eosin, and Azure B. The stain is usually prepared from commercially available Giemsa powder. (wikipedia.org)
  • They are composed of oxidised methylene blue, azure, and Eosin Y. Romanowsky stains are used in the pathological inspection of materials like blood and bone marrow films as well as the display of parasites like malaria. (informationboxticket.com)
  • A basic dye, such as azure and methylene blue, binds to the acid nucleus to produce a blue-purple hue. (informationboxticket.com)
  • 6. A standardized differential stain for hematology. (nih.gov)
  • It is a member of the Romanowsky stain subclass. (informationboxticket.com)
  • According to the affinities of acidity and basicity for blood cells, it contains both acidic and basic dyes, like all Romanowsky stains do. (informationboxticket.com)
  • 16. Thionine-Feulgen-Congo red staining of cervical smears for the BioPEPR image-analysis system. (nih.gov)
  • 7. Standardized thionin-eosin stain in bronchial cytology. (nih.gov)
  • A substitute for hematoxylin-eosin Y staining. (nih.gov)
  • 8. Azure B-eosin staining of blood cells: the effects of variation in stain formulation and staining technique on stain performance. (nih.gov)
  • 17. Hematoxylin and eosin tissue stain in Mohs micrographic surgery: a review. (nih.gov)
  • 18. A new triple stain for Helicobacter pylori suitable for the autostainer: carbol fuchsin/Alcian blue/hematoxylin-eosin. (nih.gov)
  • Erythrocytes stain pink, platelets show a light pale pink, lymphocyte cytoplasm stains sky blue, monocyte cytoplasm stains pale blue, and leukocyte nuclear chromatin stains magenta. (wikipedia.org)
  • To precipitate the dyes and bind simple components, the stain has to be buffered with water to a pH of 6.8 or 7.2. (informationboxticket.com)
  • 10. A simple and reproducible staining procedure to assess characteristic effects of some fixatives. (nih.gov)
  • 14. An evaluation of the efficacy of fluorescein, rose bengal, lissamine green, and a new dye mixture for ocular surface staining. (nih.gov)
  • 4. Manipulating the Papanicolaou staining method. (nih.gov)
  • 19. Inception and Development of the Papanicolaou Stain Method. (nih.gov)
  • Morphologic and spectrophotometric observations on the influence of stain composition on staining results. (nih.gov)
  • citation needed] It stains the trophozoite Trichomonas vaginalis, which presents with greenish discharge and motile cells on wet prep. (wikipedia.org)
  • These neutral stains were applied to an air-dried slide that had been post-fixed with methanol. (informationboxticket.com)