UV-fixed-thick-blotch preparation improves sensitivity of auramine staining

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3400-3402

  Cejudo Garcia M A ^a   Munoz Davila, M J ^a   Martinez Lirola, M J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL TORRECÁRDENAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURAMINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; AURAMINE STAINING; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAINING; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET FIXED THICK BLOTCH PREPARATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BENZOPHENONEIDUM; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84884733909     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00974-13     Document Type: Article

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