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Value of Fluorescent Techniques for Detecting Mycobacterium Leprae in Tissue Sections
Author(s) -
Betts Anthony,
Hollander Alfred
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/ijd.1963.2.1.11
Subject(s) - mycobacterium leprae , leprosy , fluorescence , medicine , acid fast , lepromatous leprosy , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , sputum , tuberculosis , optics , physics
Summary The modified fluorescent technique described by Kuper and May for the detection of acid‐fast organisms was evaluated in a series of skin specimens of lepromatous leprosy. The method was not found sufficiently reliable to warrant its adoption in a routine laboratory, chiefly because of misleading fluorescent artifacts. In addition, the equipment is expensive, and special training is required.