Ziehl-Neelsen method


Ziehl-Neelsen method

(zēl-nēl′sĕn) [Franz Ziehl, Ger. bacteriologist, 1857–1926; Friedrich Karl Adolf Neelsen, Ger. pathologist, 1854–1894] A method for staining Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A solution of carbolfuchsin is applied, which the organism retains after rinsing with acid alcohol