Literature DB >> 4111815

A method to render unstained mycobacterial smears safe for storage or shipment.

E B Blair, W W Bretherton, A H Tull.   

Abstract

Sterilization and optimal staining of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum smears was accomplished by heating at 65 C for 30 min followed by exposure for 10 min to 10% formaldehyde fumes.

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Year:  1972        PMID: 4111815      PMCID: PMC380445          DOI: 10.1128/am.23.4.826-826.1972

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Appl Microbiol        ISSN: 0003-6919


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1.  Method for inactivating and fixing unstained smear preparations of mycobacterium tuberculosis for improved laboratory safety.

Authors:  Pamela Chedore; Cecelia Th'ng; Dennis H Nolan; George M Churchwell; David E Sieffert; Yvonne M Hale; Frances Jamieson
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2002-11       Impact factor: 5.948

2.  Improved laboratory safety by decontamination of unstained sputum smears for acid-fast microscopy.

Authors:  Luiz Roberto Bigão Giacomelli; Cesar Helbel; Roger Leandro Nunes Ogassawara; Angela Maria Werneck Barreto; Fátima Moreira Martins; Celso Luíz Cardoso; Clarice Queico Fujimura Leite
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2005-08       Impact factor: 5.948

3.  Survival of tubercle bacilli in heat-fixed sputum smears.

Authors:  B W Allen
Journal:  J Clin Pathol       Date:  1981-07       Impact factor: 3.411

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