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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The use of nucleic acid amplification testing for tuberculosis increased in the United States between 2011 and ...

IT is well known fact that acid-fast bacilli, virulent and rendered resistant to isonicotinic acid hydrazide become catalase-negative. The saprophytic bacilli, on the other hand, grown in even high ...