Detection of acid-fast bacilli in concentrated primary specimen smears stained with rhodamine-auramine at room temperature and at 37 degrees C
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Detection of acid-fast bacilli in concentrated primary specimen smears stained with rhodamine-auramine at room temperature and at 37 degrees C.
Many laboratory workers prefer the rhodamine-auramine method of staining acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in primary specimen smears rather than carbol fuchsin stains because the stain is more readily interpreted and yields greater sensitivity. The increasing incidence of AFB infections serves as an impetus to optimize the rhodamine-auramine stain. A total of 782 primary smears were evaluated blindly by...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.32.10.2487-2489.1994