Diagnostic value of GeneXpert MTB/RIF in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for pulmonary non-tuberculosis mycobacterial in acid-fast stain smear-positive and GeneXpert MTB/RIF-negative cases ...

The samples are then heat-fixed and treated with an acid-fast stain for TB mycobacteria. Access to reproducible and high-throughput staining with these methods is limited by a lack of trained staff to ...

Physiology : The acid-fast stain test for bacteria is a laboratory test to detect the presence of TB or other pathogenic, acid fast bacteria in a sample of blood, or other body tissues.

A MODIFICATION IN THE ZIEHL-NEELSEN TECHNIQUE FOR THE STAINING OF THE "B. TUBERCULOSIS" IN FILM PREPARATIONS, The Journal of State Medicine (1912-1937), Vol. 29, No. 10 (OCTOBER, 1921), p. 315 ...

The use of nucleic acid amplification testing for tuberculosis increased in the United States between 2011 and 2017, although nearly half of U.S. TB cases did not include one of the tests ...

The diagnosis of tuberculosis is mainly based on acid fast staining and culture of processed sputum or other biologic material (Shinnick and Good, 1995).

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Feb., 1924), pp. 105-109 (5 pages) Acetone, or iodine and acetone, serves as a superior decolorizer in the acid-fast stain as in the Gram stain. The ...