Bulk acid-fast staining of sputum smears: time to end a taboo

KM Kam; CW Yip; HS Tang; A Van Deun

Bulk acid-fast staining of sputum smears: time to end a taboo

KM Kam
, CW Yip
, HS Tang
, A Van Deun

Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Peer-reviewed journal articles › peer-review

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Volume	13
Issue number	9
Pages (from-to)	1119-1123
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1027-3719
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Bacterial diseases
Tuberculosis
Laboratory diagnosis
Microscopy
Fluorescence
Acid-fast bacilli
Bulk staining
False-positive
Cross contamination
Risk assessment
Cost-effectiveness

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http://lib.itg.be/pdf/itg/2009/2009ijtl1119.pdf

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