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Comparative Study
. 1976 Oct;29(10):931-3.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.29.10.931.

Comparison of machine and manual staining of direct smears for acid-fast bacilli by fluorescence microscopy

J K Clancey, B W Allen, D T Rogers, L S Smith, V Aber, D A Mitchison
Comparative Study

Comparison of machine and manual staining of direct smears for acid-fast bacilli by fluorescence microscopy

J K Clancey et al. J Clin Pathol. 1976 Oct.

Abstract

Comparisons were made in Lusaka and in London between manual staining and staining in an automatic machine with auramine-phenol of direct smears of sputum and other types of specimen for acid-fast bacilli. No evidence was obtained of carry-over of acid-fast bacilli from positive to negative smears during machine staining. There was improved contrast between bacilli and the background in smears prepared with the machine.

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