LP6294-5
Giemsa stain
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Description
Giemsa stain is used for the histopathological diagnosis of Malaria and other parasites. It is named after Gustav Giemsa, an early malariologist. Giemsa stain is also a differential stain. It can be used to study the adherence of pathogenic bacteria to human cells. It differentially stains human and bacterial cells pink and purple respectively. It can be used for histopathological diagnosis of malaria and some other spirochete and protozoan blood parasites. Also used in Wolbach's tissue stain. Giemsa stain is a classical blood film stain for peripheral blood smears and bone marrow specimens. Erythrocytes stain pink, platelets show a light pale pink, lymphocyte cytoplasm stains sky blue, monocyte cytoplasm stains pale blue, and leukocyte nuclear chromatin stains magenta. Giemsa stain is also used to visualize chromosomes. Giemsa stain is a mixture of methylene blue and eosin. It is usually prepared from commercially available Giemsa powder. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia , Giemsa stain (Wikipedia)
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Giemsa stain
- Part Display Name
- Giemsa stain
- Part Type
- Method (Describes the method by which the test was performed)
- Created On
- 2000-05-03
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- Gie Stn
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 姬姆萨染色法 Synonyms: Giemsa 染色; |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Tinción de Giemsa |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Giemsa, colorazione Synonyms: Colorazione di Giemsa |
| et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Giemsa värv |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Giemsa boyama |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Colorant de Giemsa |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Colorant de Giemsa |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | Giemsa-kleuring |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | barwienie Giemsy |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Χρώση Giemsa Synonyms: Χρώση Giemsa |
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