A section of lung from a patient with sputum cultures positive for acid-fast organisms is negative when stained with the Ziehl-Neelsen stain. To confirm that no organisms are present in the lung tissue, it would be best to stain new sections with:

a) auramine-rhodamine
b) Giemsa
c) Gram
d) Dieterle


Answer: a) auramine-rhodamine

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