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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
Many bacterial and protozoan pathogens in fish and shellfish exhibit acid-fast staining characteristics that are important for pathogen identification and disease diagnosis. The classic acid-fast staining techniques for light microscopy use carbol-fuchsin; a major ingredient of this stain is caustic and hazardous phenol. A new technique using heated aqueous basic fuchsin can stain two acid-fast human pathogens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. avium. This method is a potentially valuable and safer diagnostic tool for aquatic pathologists. M. marinum, a finfish pathogen, and various additional acid-fast parasitic pathogens of finfish and marine invertebrates were stained successfully using this heated aqueous basic fuchsin method.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1473-7760
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
191-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Application of an aqueous acid-fast staining technique to detect pathogens of aquatic species.
pubmed:affiliation
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Service, Cooperative Oxford Laboratory, Oxford 21654, MD, USA. cmccollough@dnr.state.md.us
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study