Giemsa for Helicobactor Pylori and Mast Cells
For bacterial, fungal stains.
Stain results
| Red Blood Cells: |
|
Pink |
| Nuclei: |
|
Blue |
| H-Pylori, fungi & other bacteria: |
|
Blue |
| Mast Cells: |
|
Purple |
| Rickettsia: |
|
Purple |
References:
- Helicobactor pylori in peptic ulcer disease, NIH Consensus Statement Online, January 1994, 12(1): 1:23
- Luna 1AFIP 3rd ed. McGraw Hill, 236
- Fail, Rena, AS, HT (ASCP) Medical University of South Carolina, Histologic. Vol. XXXIV, No 2, Nov. 2001, p. 32.