The Dieterle stain is a way of marking tissue for microscopic examination. The key reagent of Dieterle stain is
silver nitrate
Silver nitrate is an inorganic compound with chemical formula . It is a versatile precursor to many other silver compounds, such as those used in photography. It is far less sensitive to light than the halides. It was once called ''lunar causti ...
. It can stain microbes like ''Treponema pallidum'' in grey or black and background in yellow.
It is used to find the organisms that cause
cat-scratch disease ''(Bartonella henselae'') and
syphilis (''Treponema pallidum'') and
sensitive for ''
Mycobacterium tuberculosis''.
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Additional images
Image:Treponema pallidum - very high mag.jpg
See also
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Staining
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Warthin-Starry stain
References
External links
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Staining