Although Giemsa staining has been routinely used for the detection of trophozoites and intracystic bodies in smears of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) from patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, it does not normally stain the cyst wall. For detection of the cysts other stains such as toluidine Blue 'O' and methenamine silver must be used as well. Sulphation of smears before staining w...

A total of 20 skin lesion samples collected from patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) attended AL-Karamah Teaching Hospital at Wasit province. Dermal scrapings were analysed by examination of Giemsa-stained smears, by Conventional PCR and RFLP-PCR methods. The incidence rate with CL was 80% by using Giemsa-stained and 100% for both PCR and RFLP-PCR. Twelve (60%) of isolates were typed as ...

The mouse genome contains 50 copies of a long complex repeat unit localized as a repeat sequence island to the A3 Giemsa-positive (dark) band on the mouse X chromosome. The repeat units are not tandemly arranged but are juxtaposed and inserted by unrelated sequences of high repetition. The repeat sequence island possesses two notable features that have been suggested as diagnostic features of m...

Malaria merupakan salah satu masalah kesehatan masyarakat yang dapat menyebabkan kematian. Pengecatan giemsa teknik pengecatan paling bagus dan sering digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi parasit ada di dalam darah. Variasi konsentrasi lama berpengaruh terhadap hasil pembacaan sediaan Tujuan Penelitian : Mengetahui adanya pengaruh waktu kualitas pada pemeriksaan Mikroskopik Malaria. Jenis penelitia...