Utility of a modified silver staining technique for detection of Leptospira
<p><strong>Background:</strong><em> Leptospira</em> are spiral thin and highly motile pathogenic bacteria that are best visualized by dark ground microscopy. Although these bacteria are not stained by the Gram’s stain, the Fontana stain, which is a silver impregnation s...
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Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology
2017-10-01
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Series: | Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/8142 |