KROK 1 2018 – Question 121 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
During the skill-building session in microbiology the students need to stain the prepared and fixed sputum smears obtained from a tuberculosis patient. What staining technique should be used in this case?
- A. Gram
- B. Giemsa
- C. Ziehl-Neelsen
- D. Gins
- E. Burry
Hint
Consider what feature of the mycobacterial cell wall defeats ordinary dyes and what special property of the organism the chosen stain must reveal.
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