Evaluation of the Fluo-RAL (RAL) kit for the identification of mycobacteria by fluorescence microscopy.;Évaluation du kit Fluo-RAL (RAL) pour la recherche de mycobactéries en microscopie à fluorescence

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 245-247

  Gerome P ^a   Fabre, M ^b   Soler, C ^b  

^a HIA Desgenettes   (France)

^b PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Microscopy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; FLUOROCHROME; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHIAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGOMMIER STAIN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROCHROME STAINING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUNG LAVAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA FLUID; PUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMEAR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STOMACH LAVAGE; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FLUORESCENT DYES; GASTRIC JUICE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PLEURAL EFFUSION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM;

EID: 80053603748     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: 17683114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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