Periodic acid-ethanol gelatin methenamine silver stain for demonstrating M. leprae and myelin in peripheral nerve fibers of leprosy patients

MeSH terms

• Ethanol
• Gelatin
• Humans
• Leprosy / microbiology*
• Leprosy / pathology
• Methenamine
• Mycobacterium leprae / isolation & purification*
• Myelin Sheath / pathology*
• Nerve Fibers / microbiology*
• Nerve Fibers / pathology
• Periodic Acid
• Skin / innervation*
• Spinal Nerves / microbiology*
• Staining and Labeling
• Sural Nerve / microbiology*
• Sural Nerve / pathology