Improving acid-fast fluorescent staining for the detection of mycobacteria using a new nucleic acid staining approach

Tuberculosis

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 511-518

  Ryan, Gavin J ^a   Shapiro, Howard M ^b   Lenaerts, Anne J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Center for Microbial Cytometry   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid fast; Stain; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AURAMINE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RHODAMINE; SYBR GOLD NUCLEIC ACID GEL STAIN;

ACID FAST FLUORESCENT NUCLEIC ACID STAINING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPUTUM SMEAR; STAINING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPUTUM; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BENZOPHENONEIDUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHODAMINES; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84908138044     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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