Hi Allison,
    Have you tried a Helicobacter pylori control? These are usually easy to find
since most doctors ask for it frequently.
Amos Brooks

"Scott, Allison D" wrote:

> Hello to all out in histoland;
> I hope that someone out there can help me out of this predicament.  I need a
> spirochete control.  We have some that we bought, but the patholgist does
> not like them.  The blocks that we do have, turned out not to be positive.
> I have a few slides that are positive, but they will run out eventually.  If
> some one has a control that they would be willing to share, I would really
> appreciate it.  I have gram, amyloid, iron and multi section blocks for
> trichrome,pas, and retic blocks to share if any one is interested.
> Allison Scott
> LBJ Hospital
> Dept. of Pathology
> 5656 Kelley
> Houston, Texas 77026