Development of slide-method to distinguish alive and dead mycobacteria by fluorescent staining - A trial for solving the biohazard problem in TB laboratories

Kekkaku

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 599-609

  Kinomoto, Masamichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esterase activity; Fluorescein staining; Mycobacteria; Rapid diagnosis; Slide method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; STAINING;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; ESTERASES; ETHIDIUM; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0032809913     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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