Acid Fast Bacteria Staining: Kinyoun vs Fluorescence vs Ziehl-Neelsen Acid Fast Bacteria staining methods are specialized techniques to stain acid-fast bacteria - “acid-fast bacilli” (AFB). Among these are Kinyoun staining, AFB fluorescence staining, and Ziehl-Neelsen staining [1]. These staining methods aim to detect acid-fast bacteria, in particular mycobacteria, by enabling color differentiation between acid-fast [...]
Influence of climate change on legionellosis and minimizing the health consequences of Legionella In the period from August to September 2023, 166 people in Poland were infected with Legionella of which 23 died. The water supply system of the city of Rzeszów was found to be contaminated with the bacteria [1]. There was another [...]
A new protein known as κappa-free light chains (κ-FLC) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been identified as a biomarker for the early prognosis of individual disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS). The kappa type of FLCs, which circulate predominantly as monomers (22 kDa) in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid, are formed in excess by [...]
