“…Regarding the content of the letter, de Moraes Malinverni et al 1 comment on the limitations of using the staining technique with eosin-methylene blue according to Leishman. This point has already been discussed elsewhere 2 , and we reinforce here that the study cited by the authors of the letter to the editor 3 did not mention staining using eosin-methylene blue according to Leishman. Furthermore, the study itself does not rule out the possibility of using simple staining techniques such as May-Grünwald.…”