%0 Journal Article
%A Cejudo-García, M A
%A Muñoz-Davila, M J
%A Martínez-Lirola, M J
%T UV-fixed-thick-blotch preparation improves sensitivity of auramine staining.
%D 2013
%@ 0095-1137
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2036
%X We describe here a very simple modification of the auramine staining procedure based on preparation of a UV-fixed thick blotch which allowed us to reach an overall sensitivity of 0.82 (592 acid-fast bacillus [AFB]-positive specimens/722 initial respiratory specimens with positive mycobacterial culture) and sensitivities of 0.93 (526 AFB-positive specimens/564 culture-positive specimens) for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and 0.42 (66 AFB-positive specimens/158 culture-positive specimens) for nontuberculous mycobacteria.
%K Tuberculosis
%K Mycobacterium
%K Técnicas bacteriológicas
%K Benzofenoneido
%K Esputo
%K Manejo de especímenes
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