Novel approach for improving sensitivity of microscopic detection of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) by use of the Reaslr method

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3597-3601

  Verma, Sheetal ^a   Dhole, Tapan N ^a   Kumar, Manoj ^a   Kashyap, Saurabh ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REAGENT; REASLR REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FILTRATION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIQUEFACTION; LOEWENSTEIN MEDIUM; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PETROFF METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REASLR METHODOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; STAINING; SYRINGE FILTRATION; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ZIEHL NEELSEN STAINING;

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

EID: 84886474965     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01570-13     Document Type: Article

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