A novel method of staining acid-fast bacilli in sputum containers

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 776-780

  Selvakumar, Nagamiah ^a   Ravikumar, D ^a   Sivagamasundari, S ^a   Gopi, P G ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

AFB; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Smears; Sputum containers; ZN staining

Indexed keywords

FUCHSINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOLORIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SPUTUM SMEAR; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CENTRIFUGATION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM; ROSANILINE DYES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33747731502     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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