Dark-ground microscopy of leptospira in tissue sections

Authors: Daddow KN
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 24, Issue 9, pp 216, Sep 1976
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Diagnostic procedures, Zoonosis, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Public health
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: Recently I read with interest a letter by G. F. Fowler in the January-February 1976 issue of the Journal. As a student I had occasion to search for leptospira in tissue sections processed by the usual methods for demonstrating spirochaetes. My search and the distinction between leptospira and tissue components were made much easier by examining the sections under dark ground illumination rather than transmitted illumination…

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