Hi Jeanine I have always just used a Fite and it has worked well. If you use a Gram you will find that they are Gram variable in their staining. regards Tony
Tony Reilly B.App.Sc. , M.Sc. Chief Scientist, Anatomical Pathology Pathology Queensland-PA Laboratory _________________________________________________ Clinical and Statewide Services Division| QueenslandHealth Level 1, Building 15,Princess Alexandra Hospital Ipswich Road,WOOLLOONGABBA Qld4102 Ph: 07 3176 2412 Mob: 0402 139411 Fax: 07 3176 2930 Email: tony_rei...@health.qld.gov.au Web: www.health.qld.gov.au/qhcss/ >>> "Bartlett, Jeanine (CDC/OID/NCEZID)" <j...@cdc.gov> 3/23/2012 1:54 am >>> Hi all, I need the absolute best, most fool-proof special stain protocol for the staining of Nocardia in FFPE tissue. Thanks in advance! Jeanine H. Bartlett, BS HT(ASCP), QIHC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch 1600 Clifton Road, NE MS/G-32 Atlanta, Ga 30333 404-639-3590 jeanine.bartl...@cdc.hhs.gov _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ******************************************************************************** This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this email is strictly prohibited. The information contained in this email, including any attachment sent with it, may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this email in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone collect on Australia +61 1800 198 175 or by return email. You should also delete this email, and any copies, from your computer system network and destroy any hard copies produced. If not an intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute or take any action(s) that relies on it; any form of disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this email is also prohibited. Although Queensland Health takes all reasonable steps to ensure this email does not contain malicious software, Queensland Health does not accept responsibility for the consequences if any person's computer inadvertently suffers any disruption to services, loss of information, harm or is infected with a virus, other malicious computer programme or code that may occur as a consequence of receiving this email. Unless stated otherwise, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Queensland Government. ********************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
