All of These Stains are Commonly Used to Visualize Mycobacteria

Question

All of these stains are commonly used to visualize mycobacteria on a smear, except
A) Ziehl-Neelsen.
B) Kinyoun.
C) auramine.
D) acridine orange.

Accepted Answer

Acridine orange is not commonly used to visualize mycobacteria on a smear. The other options (A, B, and C) are all commonly used acid-fast stains for mycobacteria.