Comparing Leishman and Giemsa staining for the assessment of peripheral blood smear preparations in a malaria-endemic region in India

• Main Authors: Sanghamitra Sathpathi, Akshaya K. Mohanty, Parthasarathi Satpathi, Saroj K. Mishra, Prativa K. Behera, Goutam Patel, Arjen M. Dondorp
• Other Authors: Ispat General Hospital
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/34085
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2014 Sathpathi et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Background: Microscopy of peripheral blood thin and thick films remains the reference for malaria diagnosis. Although Giemsa staining is most commonly used, the Leishman staining method provides better visualization of the nuclear chromatin pattern o...