Comparative Study on 7 and 14 Days Stored Pot Stained Sputum Smears with Conventional Direct Smears of Acid Fast Bacilli

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A. Julius¹, Rajalakshmi Allen², Pramila² and Bhuminathan Swamikannu³

¹Department of Biochemistry, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai, Chennai – 600 100, India.

²Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India.

³Department of Prosthodontics, Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Narayanapuram, Pallikaranai, Chennai – 600 100, India.

J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2014;8(1):771-777

Received: 09/05/2013 | Accepted: 17/06/2013 | Published: 28/02/2014

Abstract

Modified staining procedure was tried to evaluate the staining stability of the stored sputum samples until 14 days in comparison with the conventional ZN staining method to detect Acid Fast Bacilli.

Keywords

Acid Fast Bacilli, Pot staining, Sputum, Tuberculosis

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