STAINS Continued - Part 2

VARIOUS STAINS USED IN PATHOLOGY

8. Lactol Phenol Cotton Blue Stain       -- - (Spiked Spherical conidia)

                 and                                               ------> both Used for Histoplasma capsulatum

9. Grocott's Methenamine Silver Stain   -- -

(Ref: Harrison's 17th)

10. Calcium - VON KOSSA , Alizarin Red.

11. Iron - Pearl's Stain, Prussian Blue.

12. For detecting Eosinophiluria in Urinary Sediment - Hansten's Stain.

13. Dermataceous Fungi - Mason-Fontana Silver Stain. 

14. Heinz Bodies - Supravital staining with Methyl Violet.

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