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Comparison of the modified fluorescent method and conventional Ziehl–Neelsen method in the detection of acidfast bacilli in lymphnode aspirates

OBJECTIVES: The objectives were to correlate the modified fluorescent method with the conventional Ziehl–Neelsen (ZN) method for the detection of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) and, also to study the efficacy and advantages of using the auramine–rhodamine stain on lymph node aspirates under fluorescent mic...

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Autores principales: Annam, Vamseedhar, Kulkarni, Mohan H, Puranik, Rekha B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2716690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19680441
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1742-6413.53887