UNLABELLED The resurgence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in association with HIV infection has focussed much attention in the rapid diagnosis of high risk cases. Infection with HIV is known to alter the presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis. The present study was under taken to compare the efficacy of fluorochrome stain (Fl) with conventional Ziehl Neelsen (ZN) stain in the diagnosis of pulmona...

Method: Three hundred and twenty-nine patients were included in this study during the period from October 2004 to January 2006. The patients were examined for the presence of acid-fast bacilli. Thin bacterial smears were prepared and stained by Ziehl Neelsen (ZN) stain. Two tubes of the Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) medium were inoculated with 20 μl of the neutralized sputum sample that was obtained f...

ABSTRACT Mycobacteriosis was detected in seven out of one Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) that purchased for human consumption from a fish market. The apparently healthy but during cleaning, several granulomatous foci were noticed the visceral organs. Histopathological examination lesions revealed numerous characterized by caseous necrosis center lesion surrounded epithelioid giant cells. ...