Auramine staining in detecting small number of bacilli in skin smears.
Indian J Lepr
; 1988 Jan; 60(1): 13-6
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Auramine staining has been compared with Ziehl-Neelsen's staining of M. leprae in skin smear slide. The auramine method was found to be more sensitive than Ziehl-Neelsen's method and may be useful in detecting small number of M. leprae in skin smears. The inter-observer variance was minimal with auramine staining.
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Main subject:
Skin
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Staining and Labeling
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Humans
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Bacteriological Techniques
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Coloring Agents
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Microscopy, Fluorescence
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Mycobacterium leprae
Language:
En
Journal:
Indian j. lepr
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
1988
Type:
Article