IT is well known fact that acid-fast bacilli, virulent and rendered resistant to isonicotinic acid hydrazide become catalase-negative. The saprophytic bacilli, on the other hand, grown in even high ...

In order to assess the clinical value of microscopy for acid-fast bacilli (AFB), the results of 3,207 clinical specimens submitted for mycobacterial smear and culture were analyzed. Mycobacteria grew ...

Your doctor may use an acid-fast bacteria (AFB) stain test to see if you have a lung disease like tuberculosis (TB). In addition to showing tuberculosis, an AFB stain can also show if you have another ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The use of nucleic acid amplification testing for tuberculosis increased in the United States between 2011 and ...

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In 2002, 51 percent of persons with tuberculosis in the United States were foreign-born; 19 percent of them had been in the United States for less than one year. 1 To prevent persons with potentially ...

A persistent cough lasting more than two weeks, coughing up blood or discoloured sputum, and unexplained weight loss can all be signs of tuberculosis (TB). Sometimes, a person may not even know ...

Dr. Anna C. O’Kelly (Medicine): A 35-year-old man was admitted to this hospital because of lymphadenopathy and thrombocytopenia. The patient had been well until 4 months before this admission, when ...

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