Auramine-rhodamine stain
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The auramine-rhodamine stain is a histological technique used to see acid-fast bacilli using fluorescence microscopy, notably Mycobacterium. Acid-fast organisms display a reddish-yellow fluorescence.
The stain is a mixture of Auramine O and Rhodamine B.
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