acid-fast bacillus

A bacillus is a rod-shaped bacterium: an acid-fast bacillus (or AFB) is a rod-shaped bacterium which, when stained with certain compounds, retains that stain despite treatment with an acidic solution. The most medically important acid-fast bacillus is Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The term acid-fast bacillus dates from 1903. The most common staining technique used to identify AFB is the Ziehl-Neelsen stain, in which AFB are stained a bright red which stands out clearly against a blue background. Acid-fast bacilli can also be visualized by fluorescent microscopy, and by auramine-rhodamine stain. Acid-fast bacteria include some organisms that are not bacilli; some bacteria are termed partially acid-fast. Acid-fast bacilli include: -

Mycobacteria

Mycobacterium tuberculosis - causes tuberculosis
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria

Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium africanum
Mycobacterium microti
Mycobacterium leprae - causes leprosy
Mycobacterium avium (also known as Mycobacterium avium intracellulare and Mycobacterium avium complex)
Mycobacterium kansasii

Nocardia - causes nocardiosis
Nocardia asteroides
Nocardia brasiliensis

<< Previous

Word Browser

Next >>

the peace war
nguyen son ha
arthur lydiard
transmitter solt
the cheaters
charles koen
phentermine
battle of cerro gordo
lakihegy tower
fm and tv mast behren bekel
dorsum

bartolomeo rastrelli
walter guglielmone
transmitter koenigs wusterhausen
list of mad scientists
melchior klesl
kontusz
shlomo artzi
sudan people's liberation army
members of the northern territory legislative assembly, 2001 2005
northwest railway museum
joseph tommasi

susan mary woodford hollick
protein ligands
random minimal spanning tree
nguyen khac chinh
pan celticism
chris burns
baldwin the eagle
marooned in realtime
quad helix
pink pylon
removed

meralco
repton (computer game)
radio frequency engineering
pas kontuszowy
fr. william leahy, sj
delia
cup tied
michael sprott
chauncey jerome
it's raining men
dog island, florida