Silver staining for spirochetes in tissues: Rationale, difficulties, and troubleshooting

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 705-708

  Kiernan, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SILVER STAINING; SPIROCHETE; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0036711135     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/labmed/33.9.705     Document Type: Short Survey

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