Comparison of two LED fluorescence microscopy build-on modules for acid-fast smear microscopy

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-164

  Affolabi, D ^a   Torrea, G ^b   Odoun, M ^a   Senou, N ^a   Ali Ligali, M ^a   Anagonou, S ^a   Van Deun, Armand ^b,c  

^a Laboratoire de Référence des Mycobactéries   (Benin)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

Acid fast bacilli; Auramine; Fluorescence microscopy; Light emitting diode; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77049097933     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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