Ziehl-Neelsen stain

Ziehl–Neel·sen stain

noun \ˈtsēl-ˈnāl-sən-\

Definition of ZIEHL-NEELSEN STAIN

: a carbolfuchsin stain used especially for detecting the tubercle bacillus

Biographical Note for ZIEHL-NEELSEN STAIN

Ziehl, Franz (1857–1926), German bacteriologist. A professor in Lübeck, Ziehl introduced the carbolfuchsin stain for the tubercle bacillus in 1882.

Neelsen, Friedrich Carl Adolf (1854–1894), German pathologist. Neelsen published a handbook of staining methods in 1892.