Evaluation of a dual-staining method for acid-fast bacilli.
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A dual-staining procedure for acid-fast bacilli was found to have poor correlation with the Ziehl-Neelsen and auramine-rhodamine staining techniques.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 2 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1976