Comparison of LED and conventional fluorescence microscopy for detection of acid-fast bacilli in an area with high tuberculosis incidence

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 306-308

  Marzouk, Manel ^a   Ferjani, Asma ^a   Dhaou, Mohamed ^a   Haj Ali, Moufida ^a   Hannachi, Naila ^a   Boukadida, Jalel ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Acid Fast Bacilli; Auramine; Fluorescence microscopy; Light Emitting Diode; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUNG LAVAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TUBERCULOSIS; TUNISIA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TUNISIA;

EID: 84879146243     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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