A novel and simple heat-based method eliminates the highly detrimental effect of xylene deparaffinization on acid-fast stains.
P. F. Marinho, S. L. Vieira, T. G. Carvalho, M. C. Peleteiro, T. Hanscheid
This paper introduces a heat-based method to improve acid-fast stain detection by eliminating xylene deparaffinization, which damages mycobacterial cell walls.
bioRxiv · Nov 29, 2022Pathology