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18405928

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-16
pubmed:abstractText
In many resource-poor countries, diagnosis of tuberculosis is based on microscopy of Ziehl-Neelsen-stained smears. However, the fluorescent stain auramine performs better and allows the detection of more positive smears. The limitation for its widespread use has been the high cost for fluorescent microscopes, especially the frequent replacement of the expensive light source, which lasts only 200-300 h. Novel light-emitting diodes (LED) are alternatives and last ten thousands of hours. Based on LEDs, rather inexpensive solutions for fluorescent microscopes are now available and thus auramine may be a cost-effective step to improve the diagnosis of tuberculosis in resource-poor countries.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0035-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
520-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The future looks bright: low-cost fluorescent microscopes for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Coccidiae.
pubmed:affiliation
Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal. t.hanscheid@fm.ul.pt
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review