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Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1989

Filed:

Apr. 06, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:

Jayakumar Reuben, Baltimore, MD (US);

Assignee:

Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12N / ; C12R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 34 ; 4352521 ; 4352531 ; 435863 ;
Abstract

Acid-fast bacilli are stained with a primary stain that does not require heating and then with a decolorizing counter-stain that does not require a separate acid or alcohol decolorization step. The primary stain includes basic fuchsin, ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, phenol and water. The counter-stain includes methylene blue, ethyl alcohol, potassium hydroxide, glycerol, glacial acetic acid, polyvinylpyrrolidone and water.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Reuben, Jayakumar. (1989). Stain for acid-fast bacilli (U.S. Patent No. 4857459). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4857459

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