Lessons From a Proficiency Testing Event for Acid-Fast Microscopy
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Lessons from a proficiency testing event for acid-fast microscopy.
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the routine performance and the technical parameters of different acid-fast staining methods: Kinyoun, Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN), auramine, and auramine-rhodamine. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS The performance of 167 laboratories was analyzed using prestained and unstained slides. SETTING Laboratories holding New York State permits. RESULTS The results revealed that Kinyoun's co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chest
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0012-3692
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.1.250