KROK 1 Stomatology 2015 – Question 66 · KROK (Dentistry)
Microscopy of smear preparation stained with methylene blue revealed bacilli with club-like expansions on their ends similar to C. diphtheriae. What additional method of staining should be used to verify this assumption?
- A. Neisser
- B. Aujeszky
- C. Ziehl-Neelsen
- D. Kozlovsky
- E. Zdrodovsky
Hint
Ask which staining method specifically demonstrates the metachromatic (volutin) granules at the poles of corynebacteria.
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