Multiple choice

Which of the following stains is used to identify acid-fast bacteria, mainly Mycobacterium?

  1. Auramine-rhodamine stain

  2. Gram stain

  3. Hoechst stain

  4. Kinyoun stain

  5. Ziehl-Neelsen stain

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Explanation

Ziehl-Neelsen stain is used to identify the acid-fast bacteria, mainly Mycobacterium.