I apologize to the list and to Diane
Rena Fail


Hell Diane,
>    We do the Fite's routinely with a little modification.
> After xylene/peanut oil, we put the slides in xylene for
> 10 minutes, then wash in running water. NO BLOTTING. The
> stain comes out as clean as the Kinyoun's procedure for
> both Nocardia and Leprosy with no loss of staining.
> Rena Fail
>  Hi,
> > We use the fite's stain for nocardia. We are having
> > trouble with blotchy  background staining due to the
> > xylene/peanut oil used in the stain. We blot  our slides
> > and rinse them with warm water, but still have the
> > background blotchy staining. Thank-you for any help that
> > you could give me.
> >
> >
> > Diane Gerjets
> >
> >                                               Iowa
> > State University
> >
> >                                           College  of
> > Veterinary Medicine
> >
> >                                                 Ames,
> > Iowa 50011
> >
> >
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