LED-fluorescence microscopy for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis under programmatic conditions in India.

<h4>Background</h4>Light-emitting diode fluorescence microscopy (LED-FM) has been shown to be more sensitive than conventional bright field microscopy using Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stain in detecting sputum smear positive tuberculosis in controlled laboratory conditions. In 2012, Auramine O s...

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Main Authors: Lord Wasim Reza, Srinath Satyanarayna, Donald A Enarson, Ajay M V Kumar, Karuna Sagili, Sujeet Kumar, Levi Anand Prabhakar, N M Devendrappa, Ashish Pandey, Nevin Wilson, Sarabjit Chadha, Badri Thapa, Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva, Mohan P Kohli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24130719/pdf/?tool=EBI