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 ...

Twelve patients were lost from the original group. Seven died in the fourth to tenth weeks of therapy. Of these, 1 had signs of meningitis in the fourth week and quickly succumbed; permission for ...

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Communication with the pathologist should be established before the biopsy, especially for potentially malignant neoplasms. This allows the pathologist to be aware of the differential diagnosis and to ...

The patient is a 55-year-old woman with a long history of monoarticular arthritis. For a decade she had a waxing and waning red, hot, swollen knee. She had an extensive negative evaluation for ...