TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Acid-Fast Stain for Mycobacterium A1 - Pfennig, Camiron L. A1 - Brown, B. Ethan A2 - Knoop, Kevin J. A2 - Stack, Lawrence B. A2 - Storrow, Alan B. A2 - Thurman, R. Jason Y1 - 2021 N1 - T2 - The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - The purpose of this staining method is to differentiate between acid-fast and non–acid-fast bacteria. This method is used for organisms not stained by the Gram stain method, particularly organisms of the genus Mycobacterium. This is called the Ziehl-Neelsen staining technique. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/24 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181053003 ER -