Atypical acid-alcohol-fast bacilli cultured from human urines.
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During the past seven years at this hospital the urines of all patients with skeletal tuberculosis have been examined at regular intervals with a view to detecting early renal infection. Our practice is to collect the first specimens passed on three successive mornings in sterile jars. These specimens are centrifuged in sterile tubes and samples of the deposits examined for pus and red cells and for acid-alcohol-fast bacilli. The deposits are stored at -10° C. until three have been examined, then they
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical pathology
دوره 10 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1957