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 ...

Recently we have done two differential stains, the Gram stain and the Acid Fast stain. Both stains differentiate between bacteria chemically. The two staining techniques of Lab 4 differentiate by ...

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 ...

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Vol. 47, No. 3 (September 2016), pp. 846-854 (9 pages) To assess Cryptosporidium infections among wild animals in a zoo located in Anhui province, we conducted an ...