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<DIV><SPAN class=890492214-14022001><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Can you tell us
which procedure you are using and on what type of tissue?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=890492214-14022001><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Susie
Smith</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890492214-14022001><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Cytologix
Corp.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> RichardWHorobin@aol.com
[mailto:RichardWHorobin@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 14, 2001
6:49 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Gram
Stain problem<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT
size=2>Aidan writes: <BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">We have been having troubles with our gram stain (paraffin)
procedure. The <BR>results are not giving sufficient distinction
between Gram +ve's and -ve's. <BR> </FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
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face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Can you tell us what
the bacteria look like? Instead of +ve's being black and <BR>-ve's being pink,
are they all black, all pink, or all somewhere in between? <BR><BR>Bye -
Richard Horobin <BR>Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences, University of
Glasgow <BR><B>T direct 01796-474 480 --- E RichardWHorobin@aol.com</B>
<BR><I>"What should we expect? Everything."</I></FONT>
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