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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.
National Institutes of Health
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2009
2009
Adenosine deaminase activity and its isoenzymes in the sputum of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
K. Dimakou
,
G. Hillas
,
P. Bakakos
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and…
2009
Corpus ID: 25974654
BACKGROUND Adenosine deaminase (ADA) has been widely used for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion. Two isoenzymes have…
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Review
2008
Review
2008
Endometrial tuberculosis in the Nigerian middle belt: an eight-year review
B. Ojo
,
A. Akanbi
,
M. Odimayo
,
Ahmed Kayode Jimoh
Tropical doctor
2008
Corpus ID: 29453193
Endometrial tuberculosis (TB) is a known cause of infertility in women which, because of the global increase in the spread of TB…
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1986
1986
Acid-fast bacilli with cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus inclusions in the skin of an AIDS patient.
Theodore H. Kwan
,
H. Kaufman
American Journal of Clinical Pathology
1986
Corpus ID: 30912825
A 66-year old acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patient presented with cutaneous lesions suspicious for Kaposi's sarcoma…
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1985
1985
The effect of ethambutol on tubercle bacilli within cultured human macrophages.
A. J. Crowle
,
J. A. Sbarbaro
,
F. Judson
,
M. May
American Review of Respiratory Disease
1985
Corpus ID: 21943559
Ethambutol (EMB) generally is believed to be clinically mycobacteriostatic. This concept was reexamined in an in vitro model of…
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1979
1979
Clinical and pathological features of six cases of sarcoidosis presenting with renal failure.
R. Bear
,
S. Handelsman
,
+5 authors
Edward H. Cole
Canadian Medical Association journal
1979
Corpus ID: 298311
Six patients with biopsy-proven renal sarcoidosis presented with renal failure of unknown origin; in none was the diagnosis of…
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1977
1977
False-positive results with the radioactive phosphorus test.
H. Shammas
,
T. C. Burton
,
T. Weingeist
A M A Archives of Ophthalmology
1977
Corpus ID: 31310518
A chorioretinal granuloma that contained acid-fast bacilli and a choriodal nevus that consisted of benign nevus cells yielded…
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1961
1961
Specificity of mycobacterial sensitins. I. Studies in guinea pigs with purified "tuberculin" prepared from mammalian and avian tubercle bacilli, Mycobacterium balnei, and other acid-fast bacilli.
M. Magnusson
American Review of Respiratory Disease
1961
Corpus ID: 21030438
1961
1961
Atypical acid-fast organism infection of the skin.
J. Knox
,
S. G. Gever
,
R. Freeman
,
F. Whitcomb
Archives of Dermatology
1961
Corpus ID: 35206323
At the 15th International Tuberculosis Conference 1 held in Istanbul in September, 1959, considerable emphasis was placed on the…
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1959
1959
Differentiation of human tubercle bacilli from atypical acid-fast bacilli.
K. Konno
,
A. Sbarra
American review of tuberculosis
1959
Corpus ID: 37775302
Review
1959
Review
1959
Pulmonary disease due to atypical tubercle bacilli.
Frederick Beck
American Review of Respiratory Disease
1959
Corpus ID: 34086444
In recent years much attention has been given to the problem of pulmonary disease associated with acid-fast bacilli that differ…
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