This is Heidenhain's Iron (sp?), I believe.
Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Jennifer MacDonald [SMTP:jmacdona@mtsac.edu]
	Sent:	Thursday, October 04, 2001 1:02 PM
	To:	Jasper, Thomas; histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
	Subject:	Re: Amoeba?

	There is an iron hematoxylin method to stain for amoeba (Entamoeba
	histolytica).  I believe it is in the AFIP staining maunal, which I
do not
	have.  We used this procedure at the last place that I worked.


	Jennifer MacDonald




	> Hello everyone,
	>
	> I had a pathologist ask me today if I knew of a procedure to
specifically
	> demonstrate amoeba. I've never heard of this, neither had she. I
am
	> speculating that they could show up with standard H+E, I really
don't
	know.
	> I would appreciate any feedback.
	>
	> Thomas Jasper HT(ASCP) BAS
	> Histology Team Leader
	> SMDC Clinical Laboratory
	> Duluth, MN
	> tjasper@smdc.org
	>
	>