Stains & CD markers
Giemsa / Helicobacter pylori stain


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PubMed Search: Giemsa stain

Nat Pernick, M.D.
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Cite this page: Pernick N. Giemsa / Helicobacter pylori. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/stainsgiemsa.html. Accessed June 8th, 2023.
Giemsa stain
  • As a hematology stain, works best with alcohol fixed smears
  • As a histology stain, detects mast cells and microorganisms, such as Giardia or Helicobacter
  • A "Romanowsky-type" stain, composed of mixtures of methylene blue, azure, and eosin compounds
  • Methylene blue is a metachromatic stain, meaning that some tissue components (mast cell granules, cartilage, mucin, amyloid) stain purple and not blue
Helicobacter pylori stain
  • VENTANA anti Helicobacter pylori (SP48)
  • Rabbit Monoclonal Primary Antibody designed to qualitatively detect presence of Helicobacter pylori in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded gastric biopsy tissue via light microscopy
  • Received FDA clearance in October 2011
    • No research studies yet
Microscopic (histologic) images

Contributed by Andrey Bychkov, M.D., Ph.D.

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