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The 'auramine-rhodamine stain' (AR), also known as the ''Truant auramine-rhodamine stain'', is a histological technique used to visualizee acid-fast bacilli using fluorescence microscopy, notably species in the ''Mycobacterium'' genus. Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections: comparison of the fluorescent auramine-O and Ziehl-Neelsen techniques in tissue diagnosis, Kommareddi S, Abramowsky C, Swinehart G, Hrabak L, , , Hum Pathol, 1984 Acid-fast organisms display a reddish-yellow fluorescence. [Standardization of laboratory tests for tuberculosis and their proficiency testing], Abe C, , , Kekkaku, 2003
AR stain is a mixture of Auramine O and Rhodamine B.

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★ Auramine O

★ Biological stains

★ Ziehl-Neelsen stain

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