Sensitivity of acid-fast staining for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in formalin-fixed tissue

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 994-997

  Fukunaga, Hajime ^a,b,c   Murakami, Tomoyuki ^a,b   Gondo, Toshikazu ^a,b   Sugi, Kazuo ^a,b   Ishihara, Tokuhiro ^a,b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL SANYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Formalin; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Xylene

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PARAFFIN; XYLENE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG GRANULOMA; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE SECTION;

ACIDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION; TUBERCULOSIS; XYLENES;

EID: 0036796750     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2111028     Document Type: Article

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