Cite this page: Pernick N. Giemsa / Helicobacter pylori. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/stainsgiemsa.html. Accessed December 24th, 2024.
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