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Test ID: SAFB
Acid-Fast Smear for Mycobacterium

Secondary ID A test code used for billing and in test definitions created prior to November 2011

8213

Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful

Detection of acid-fast bacilli in clinical specimens

Method Name A short description of the method used to perform the test

Auramine-Rhodamine Stain

Reporting Name A shorter/abbreviated version of the Published Name for a test; an abbreviated test name

Acid Fast Smear For Mycobacterium

Aliases Lists additional common names for a test, as an aid in searching

Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB)
Acid-Fast Smear for Mycobacterium
AFB (Acid-Fast Bacilli)
Bacillus, Acid-Fast
MTB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)
Smear, Acid-Fast Bacilli (AFB)
TB (Tuberculosis)
Tubercle Bacilli: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB)