Thanks Fred,

This morning we found that Newcomer also is carrying Alcian yellow.

Tara Oakes, HT


>From: "Monson, Frederick C." 
>To: "'Tara Miller'" 
>Subject: RE: H. pylori stains
>Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:24:24 -0500
>
>Morning Tara,
>	I found Alcian Yellow on the Fisher Chemical Catalog site yesterday.
>think it's the same stuff.
>
>Fred Monson
>
> > ----------
> > From: 	Tara Miller
> > Sent: 	Monday, November 12, 2001 3:38 PM
> > To: 	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> > Subject: 	Re: H. pylori stains
> >
> > I mentioned the "HistoLogic" article here some months ago. We love the
> > Alcian yellow/toluidine blue, but you can't find alcian yellow dye
> > anymore.
> > We're currently trying to find a way to stretch out the use of our last
> > bottle of alcian yellow solution. As for the Gimenez stain we found it
> > very
> > hard to get the proper results, and the pathologists said that they
> > definately preferred the AY/TB techique for readability.
> >
> > Tara Oakes,HT
> >
> >
> > >From: Phil Bergin 
> > >To: Rachel Stoat , "histonet@pathology.swmed.edu"
> > >
> > >Subject: Re: H. pylori stains
> > >Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 15:25:18 +0100
> > >
> > >Hi Rachel
> > >
> > >There are a couple of posts on pylori stains in the archives one:
> > >     stains for Helicobacter pylori 3.5K Aug 9, 2000
> > >
> > 
> >http://www.histosearch.com/histonet/Aug00/stainsforHelicobacterpylo.html
> > >             by               RSRICHMOND@aol.com
> > >
> > >has an article reference comparing :  A comparison of staining methods
> > for
> > >Helicobacter pylori. Kim
> > >Rhatigan-Drexler, MA, HTL (ASCP), histology supervisor, SUNY. In
> > >Histo-Logic,
> > >April first, 1999.
> > >This study examined a single gastric biopsy specimen, stained with six
> > >methods: Giemsa, Gimenez' carbol fuchsin-malachite green, a Dieterle
> > >microwave method, cresyl echt violet, Sayeed's methylene
> > >blue-PAS-hematoxylin, and toluidine blue-Alcian yellow. Nice
> > >photomicrographs
> > >illustrate each stain.
> > >
> > >Although I'd be interested in any more, especially if they also stain
> > >H.felis
> > >and work in mice.  Good luck and hope it helps.
> > >
> > >Phil
> > >
> > >
> > >Rachel Stoat wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello!
> > > >
> > > > I'm looking for special stains other than Giemsa, Warthin-Starry or
> > tol.
> > > > blue to stain for helicobacter pylori.  Can anyone help?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Rachel
> > > >
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