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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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Review
2010
Review
2010
Consensus statement on childhood tuberculosis
Y. Amdekar
Indian Pediatrics
2010
Corpus ID: 28937825
JustificationRevised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) has focused on adults with smear positivity — a tool not so…
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2006
2006
Real-time PCR assay for improved detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in paraffin-embedded tissues.
D. Hillemann
,
J. Galle
,
Ekkehard Vollmer
,
Elvira Richter
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and…
2006
Corpus ID: 39976654
OBJECTIVE To test the usefulness of a commercially available real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) kit for the detection of…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Application of enzyme amplified mycobacterial DNA detection in the diagnosis of pulmonary & extra-pulmonary tuberculosis.
V. Tiwari
,
Amita Jain
,
R. K. Verma
The Indian journal of medical research
2003
Corpus ID: 25089504
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES As isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in culture requires a long time, there is a need for simple…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Comparison of the ABI 7700 System (TaqMan) and Competitive PCR for Quantification of IS6110 DNA in Sputum during Treatment of Tuberculosis
L. DesJardin
,
Y. Chen
,
M. Perkins
,
L. Teixeira
,
M. Cave
,
K. Eisenach
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
1998
Corpus ID: 698554
ABSTRACT Mycobacterium tuberculosis can persist in sputum for long periods of time after the initiation of antituberculosis…
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF DIFFERENT PCR ASSAYS FOR THE DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIAL DNA IN GRANULOMATOUS LYMPHADENOPATHY
M. Tötsch
,
W. Böcker
,
+5 authors
B. Dockhorn‐Dworniczak
Journal of Pathology
1996
Corpus ID: 9692520
Diagnosis of mycobacterial infection is made by assessment of characeristic histological features, staining of acid‐fast bacilli…
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Review
1994
Review
1994
High predictive value of the acid-fast smear for Mycobacterium tuberculosis despite the high prevalence of Mycobacterium avium complex in respiratory specimens.
D. Yajko
,
P. Nassos
,
C. Sanders
,
J. Madej
,
W. Hadley
Clinical Infectious Diseases
1994
Corpus ID: 413574
The value of the smear for acid-fast bacilli in predicting pulmonary tuberculosis is unclear in a setting where there is a high…
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1992
1992
Sonographic features of genitourinary tuberculosis.
K. M. Das
,
R. Indudhara
,
S. Vaidyanathan
AJR. American journal of roentgenology
1992
Corpus ID: 10900998
During the past 2 years, we examined 20 patients with genitourinary tuberculosis. In i 3 patients, the diagnosis was established…
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Opportunistic pneumonia: a clinicopathological study of five cases caused by an unidentified acid-fast bacterium.
B. Rogers
,
G. Donowitz
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G. K. Walker
,
S. Harding
,
M. Sande
New England Journal of Medicine
1979
Corpus ID: 1281239
Five patients had opportunistic pulmonary infection caused by acid-fast bacilli, unusual clinical presentations and a unique…
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Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Infection of tendon sheaths, bursae, joints, and soft tissues by acid-fast bacilli other than tubercle bacilli.
Patrick J. Kelly
,
L. A. Weed
,
Paul R. Lipscomb
,
Clairmont Drube
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American…
1963
Corpus ID: 42669122
Twelve cases are reported in which tendon sheaths, joints, bursae, or soft tissue were infected with unclassified species of…
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1934
1934
ETIOLOGY OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE: II. SKIN REACTION TO AVIAN AND HUMAN TUBERCULIN PROTEINS IN HODGKIN'S DISEASE
P. Steiner
1934
Corpus ID: 72170815
The etiologic relationship of Hodgkin's disease (lymphogranulomatosis) and tuberculosis remains uncertain. Most of the…
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