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Unit Code 8213:
Acid-Fast Smear for Mycobacterium

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Useful For

Detection of acid-fast bacilli in clinical specimens

Method Name

Auramine-Rhodamine Stain

Reporting Name

Acid Fast Smear For Mycobacterium

Ordering Mnemonic

SAFB

Aliases

Acid fast bacilli (AFB)

Acid Fast Bacteria

Acid Fast Smear for Mycobacterium

AFB (Acid Fast Bacilli)

AFB (CSF,BF)

Bacillus, acid-fast

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