Abstract
Detection of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a challenge in the diagnosis of asymptomatic, subclinical tuberculosis. We report the development of an immunofluorescence technique to visualize and enumerate M. tuberculosis in latently infected rabbit lungs where no acid-fast– stained organisms were seen and no cultivable bacilli were obtained by the agar-plating method.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 081091 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1432-1435 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Medical Microbiology |
| Volume | 63 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology
- Microbiology (medical)