Mucicarmine stain is astaining procedure used for different purposes. Inmicrobiology the stain aids in the identification of a variety ofmicroorganisms based on whether or not thecell wall stains intensely red. Generally this is limited to microorganisms with a cell wall that is composed, at least in part, of apolysaccharide component. One of the organisms that is identified using this staining technique isCryptococcus neoformans.^[1]

Another use is in surgical pathology where it can identify mucin. This is helpful, for example, in determining if the cancer is a type that produces mucin.

Example would be to distinguish between high grade Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the parotid, which stains positive vs Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the parotid which does not.

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