- The Auramine-Rhodamine stain (AR), is histological technique used to visualize acid-fast bacilli using fluorescence microscopy, especially the Mycobacterium genus like Tuberculosis bacilli.
- Acid-fast organisms display a reddish-yellow fluorescence, this method also used for detection other acid fast organism like Cryptosporidium
acid-fast bacilli by fluorescence microscopy
Cryptosporidium parvum stained with auramine rhodamine
