Acid-Fast Bacilli Measurement

Known as: AFB, Acid-Fast Bacilli 
The determination of the amount of acid-fast bacilli present in a sample.
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Location of persisting mycobacteria in a Guinea pig model of tuberculosis revealed by r207910.
The lengthy chemotherapy of tuberculosis reflects the ability of a small subpopulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria to… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis by smear, culture, and PCR using universal sample processing technology.
Definitive and rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is challenging since conventional techniques have limitations. We… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Improving the bacteriological diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis.
We made a bacteriological diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in 107 of 132 (81%) adults with clinical tuberculous meningitis… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth at the cavity surface: a microenvironment with failed immunity.
Protective immunity against pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is characterized by the formation in the lungs of granulomas consisting… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from patients smear-negative for acid-fast bacilli.
BACKGROUND The microscopic examination of sputum for acid-fast bacilli, is a simple and rapid test that is used to provide a… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Disseminated tuberculosis in interferon gamma gene-disrupted mice
The expression of protective immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice is mediated by T lymphocytes that secrete cytokines… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Large-scale use of polymerase chain reaction for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a routine mycobacteriology laboratory.
We investigated the use of DNA amplification by the polymerase chain reaction reaction (PCR) for detection of Mycobacterium… (More)
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Clinical presentation and outcome of patients with HIV infection and tuberculosis caused by multiple-drug-resistant bacilli.
OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical manifestations of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and tuberculosis… (More)
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Role of M cells and macrophages in the entrance of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis into domes of ileal Peyer's patches in calves.
Ligated ileal loops of calves were inoculated with live and heat-killed Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and were examined by light… (More)
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Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
THE EXPERIMENTAL DISEASE THAT FOLLOWS THE INJECTION OF HUMAN LEPROSY BACILLI INTO FOOT-PADS OF MICE
When leprosy bacilli from human patients are inoculated into the foot-pads of CFW mice, a microscopic granuloma containing acid… (More)
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