Multiple Choice
A Giemsa stain is performed on an eye exudate on a patient with calabar swelling,eosinophilia,and a recent travel history to Africa.L.loa is suspected;however,the sheath in the adult worm recovered does not stain.Which one of the following statements explains this discrepancy?
A) The worm recovered is not L.loa.
B) The specimen should have been stained with trichrome stain.
C) The Giemsa stain is most likely expired.
D) No discrepancy is present.The sheath does not stain with Giemsa stain.
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