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Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB Smear or Culture)
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Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB Smear or Culture)
Summary References
Treatments:
1. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003724.htm
2. http://www.medicineonline.com/topics/s/2/Sputum-Exam-for-Acid-Fast-Bacilli/Sputum-Exam-for-Mycobacteria.html
3. http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/test/acid_fast_bacilli_smear.htm
4. http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/acid-fast-culture
5. http://health.yahoo.net/adamcontent/sputum-stain-for-mycobacteria
6. http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/118/1/28.full.pdf
7. http://www.enotes.com/nursing-encyclopedia/acid-fast-culture
8. http://www.muschealth.com/lab/content.aspx?id=150391
9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11475314
10. Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
Conditions linked to this diagnostic test
17- Bacillary Dysentery
- Corneal Ulcer
- Diarrhoea
- Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
- Gram Negative Bacilli Pneumonia
- Leprosy
- Mycobacterium Avium Intracellulare Infection
- Mycobacterium Chelonei Infection
- Mycobacterium Fortuitum Infection
- Mycobacterium Kansasii Infection
- Mycobacterium Marinum Infection
- Mycobacterium Xenopi Infection
- Oppertunistic Infection
- Perinatal Tuberculosis
- Skin Condition Inflammatory
- Tuberculosis
- Tuberculous Meningitis