You've had a TB infection. Finally, your doctor may use this test if you have been successfully cured of TB. An AFB stain can help confirm that your recovery is complete and the tuberculosis is gone.

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 ...

Tuberculosis bacilli that have become resistant against our major antibiotics are a serious threat to world health. Scientists of the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine have breathed new life ...

Scientists of the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine gave a new application to a forgotten technique: Fluorescein diacetate staining, which only stains living tuberculosis bacilli (and not ...

Smear microscopy for TB is sometimes called AFB testing, because mycobacteria are ‘acid-fast bacilli’ (AFB). This means that certain dyes adhere to the waxy coat of mycobacteria and remain visible ...

The TB bacilli have a thick, waxy coat, are slow growing and can survive in the body for many years in a dormant or inactive state. This means people can be infected but show no signs of the disease.

The tubercle bacillus does not stain easily, but when it does, ... The Spahlinger treatment for tuberculosis (TiME, April 21) is still gaining adherents in Britain.

For example, much of the heterogeneity in staining patterns in M. tb is due to its thick, complex cell wall. There is increased staining and less variation in staining patterns when M. tb is ...

The greatest single killer in the U.S. in 1900 (39,000 deaths in a population of 76 million), TB dropped by 1950 to seventh rank (34,000 deaths in a population of 151 million).