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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is also known as |
Koch's bacillus |
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Specimens used |
Sputum, secretion by bronchoscopy, urine, blood, CSF, 3 P's (peritoneal, pleural, pericardial fluids) |
There are 6 specimens |
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Positive result for CSF |
Pellicle formation |
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Culture media |
Lowenstein-Jensen, Petragnani, American Thoracic Society, Middlebrook 7-H10 & 7-H11c |
There are 4 media |
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Egg-based media for MTB |
Lowenstein-Jensen & Petragnani |
There are 2 media |
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How long must the culture be maintained? |
8 weeks |
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What media is used for heavily contaminated specimens? |
Petragnani |
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Colony of MTB |
"Cauliflower" |
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Hot staining method |
Ziehl-Neelsen |
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Cold staining method |
Kinyoun |
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Stain which uses Hematoxylin as counterstain |
Fite-Faraco's stain |
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Also known as Truant's stain |
Auramine-rhodamine stain |
Stains organisms yellow against black background. |
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Stain for colorblind individuals |
Spengler's stain |
Stains AFB black. |
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Differentiates MTB from M. smegmatis |
Pappenheim's stain |
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Differentiates MTB from M. leprae |
Baumgarten's stain |
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