Kinyoun stain

The Kinyoun method, or Kinyoun stain, is an acid-fast procedure used to stain any species of the genus Mycobacterium and Nocardia^[1] species. It involves the application of a primary stain (carbol fuchsin), a decolorizer (acid-alcohol), and a counterstain (methylene blue).^[2] Unlike the Ziehl-Neelson stain (Z-N stain), the Kinyoun method of staining does not require heating.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Geo F. B et al, Jawetz, Melnick and Adelberg's Medical Microbiology, 25th Edition, Lange Medical,2004, page 182
↑ Hussey, A. M., Zayaitz, A., "Acid-Fast Stain Protocols", American Society for Microbiology, 8 September 2008. Retrieved on 1 November 2014.
↑ Murray PR, Baron E, Pfaller M, Tenover F, Yolken, Eds. Manual of clinical microbiology. 7th ed. Washington, DC: ASM, 1999.
↑ Baron EJ, Finegold SM. Bailey and Scott's diagnostic microbiology. 8th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1990.

Microbial and histological stains

Iron/hemosiderin	Prussian blue

Lipids	Sudan stain Sudan II Sudan III Sudan IV Oil Red O Sudan Black B

Carbohydrates	Periodic acid-Schiff stain

Amyloid	Congo red

Bacteria	Gram staining Methyl violet/Gentian violet Safranin Ziehl–Neelsen stain/acid-fast Carbol fuchsin/Fuchsine Methylene blue Auramine-rhodamine stain Auramine O Rhodamine B

Connective tissue	trichrome stain: Masson's trichrome stain/Lillie's trichrome Light Green SF yellowish Biebrich scarlet Phosphomolybdic acid Fast Green FCF Van Gieson's stain

Other	H&E stain Haematoxylin Eosin Y Silver stain Grocott's methenamine silver stain Warthin–Starry stain Methyl blue Wright's stain Giemsa stain Gömöri trichrome stain Neutral red Janus Green B Alcian blue stain Movat's stain

Tissue stainability	Acidophilic Basophilic Chromophobic

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Kinyoun stain

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