Legionella pneumonia, Dieterle stain
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The Dieterle stain utilizes a silver impregnation method, which turns the Gram-negative Legionella coccobacillus black. Numerous organisms can be seen (arrows). The organism is often seen intracellularly within alveolar macrophages. The Gram stain often demonstrates no organisms or very faintly staining ones.