Re: Machiavello stain for rickettsia (fwd)
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From: | "Pam M. Dilbeck" <pmd@vetmed.wsu.edu> |
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OK--here was my reply to the Machiavello stain--
Pam Dilbeck
Immunohistochemistry Section
Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
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Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:47:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Pam M. Dilbeck <pmd@vetmed.wsu.edu>
To: Renee Escalona <renee@tca.net>
Cc: Histonet <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
Subject: Re: Machiavello stain for rickettsia
Renee--I don't know what you are staining for--but in my experience with
Coxiella, I would choose the Pinkerton's method for rickettsias (overnight
method) over the standard Machiavello stain. Reference: Sheehan's second
edition of Theory and practice of Histotechnology pg 242.
Pam
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Renee Escalona wrote:
> Hello fellow histoneters!
>
> Does anyone out there have any experience with the Machiavello stain? I
> found a protocol on it for smears but what we have is a paraffin block.
> Will it still work?? I have never performed this stain before so any and
> all info would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Renee Escalona, BS, HTL(ASCP)
> Veterinary Laboratory Technologist
> TX Vet. Med. Diag. Lab.
> College Station, TX
>
>
>
Pam Dilbeck
Immunohistochemistry Section
Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
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