Price’s Giemsa Stain
Stains for hematologic elements.
Stain results:
| Malarial Parasites: |
|
Blue |
| Tissue Nuclei: |
|
Blue |
| Bacteria: |
|
Dark Blue |
| Malarial Pigment: |
|
Black |
| Schistosonic egg shells: |
|
Blue |
| Collagen, etc.: |
|
Pale Pink |
| Erthrocytes: |
|
Pink Rose |
References:
- AFIP Manual of Histological Staining Methods, 3rd ed., L. Luna: New York: McGraw Hill Publications, c. 1968, p. 127
- Price, D.L., Mil. Med., 133: 363-367, 1968.