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Introduction of Pap Test Pap test is also known as Pap smear and Pap stain. Pap stain was named after the three letters of the surname of developer George Papanicolaou in 1942 and was routinely used for cytological stain. It is the most common staining …
Introduction of Auramine Staining Auramine is a fluorochrome stain used to visualize acid-fast structures of various microorganisms especially Mycobacterium tuberculosis and in modified form for Mycobacterium leprae, Nocardia species, Cryptosporidium parvum, Cyclospora cayetanensis , Isospora belli, and fungal spores. Ziehl-Neelsen (hot), and Kinyoun (cold) are …