Your doctor can order this test to find out if you have tuberculosis (TB) or another type of bacterial infection. TB was very common at one time. However, it’s now rare in the United States. According ...

Indications : The test is ordered to detect infections caused by acid fast bacteria in a person. Several species of the mycobacterium family cause TB in humans and animals. An early morning, deep ...

Your doctor may use an acid-fast bacteria (AFB) stain test to see if you have a lung disease like tuberculosis (TB). In addition to showing tuberculosis, an AFB stain can also show if you have another ...

A sputum stain for Mycobacteria is a laboratory test performed on a sample of your sputum, or phlegm. It’s also known as an acid-fast bacillus (AFB) stain or a tuberculosis (TB) smear. A doctor ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Feb., 1924), pp. 105-109 (5 pages) Acetone, or iodine and acetone, serves as a superior decolorizer in the acid-fast stain as in the Gram stain. The ...

Science, founded by Thomas A. Edison in 1880 and published by AAAS, today ranks as the world's largest circulation general science journal. Published 51 times a year, Science is renowned for its ...