[Giemsa and eosin y-methylene blue for staining eosinophilic leukocytes in sputum or nasal secretions]

Mikrobiyol Bul. 1986 Apr;20(2):101-4.
[Article in Turkish]

Abstract

Eosinophilic leukocytes were detected 54.32%, in 81 samples of sputum and 33.33%, in 36 nasal smears of the patients with allergic bronchial asthma and rhinitis by using Giemsa and Eosin Y-Methylene blue stains. We think that Eosin Y-Methylene blue probably is better than Giemsa stain, in the staining of eosinophilic leucocytes because of its convenience in detection.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Asthma / diagnosis
  • Azure Stains*
  • Eosine Yellowish-(YS)*
  • Eosinophils*
  • Humans
  • Methylene Blue*
  • Nasal Mucosa / metabolism
  • Nasal Mucosa / pathology
  • Phenothiazines*
  • Rhinitis / diagnosis
  • Sputum / cytology
  • Staining and Labeling

Substances

  • Azure Stains
  • Phenothiazines
  • Methylene Blue
  • Eosine Yellowish-(YS)