Acid-fast stain
Definition
The acid-fast stain is a laboratory test that determines if a sample of tissue, blood, or other body substance is infected with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis and other illnesses.
Acid-fast stain
Definition
The acid-fast stain is a test used to examine a specimen for the presence of microorganisms, specifically mycobacteria which include the bacteria that cause tuberculosis.
Acid-fast stain
... technique used to identify acid- fast bacteria is the Ziehl-Neelsen stain, in ... Acid- fast bacteria can also be visualized by fluorescence microscopy using ...
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The acid-fast stain is a laboratory test that determines if a sample of tissue, blood, or other body substance is infected with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis and other illnesses.
How the Test is Performed ...
Acid-fast staining
Fluorescent microscopy with auramine staining or monoclonal antibody use
ELISA testing in stool
AIDS patients -- sputum and/or bronchoalvelar lavage (a lung test) should be performed in a person with Diarrhea and unclear diagnosis ...
Acid-fast stain and culture
When available, DNA-based testing
Pulmonary TB is often suspected on the basis of chest x-rays taken while evaluating respiratory symptoms (cough > 3 wk, hemoptysis, chest pain, dyspnea), an unexplained illness, FUO, ...
Acid-fast staining from e.g. skin scrapings
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Droplet contact ...
Isolation, acid-fast stain in tissues, TB test. Differentiate from Lymphoid leukosis.
Treatment
None recommended.
Prevention ...
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causes of diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms, diagnosis of cyclospora infection requires special laboratory tests to identify the parasite in your stool. Cyclospora infection diagnosis commonly uses a method called an acid-fast staining ...
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