Your doctor may use an acid-fast bacteria (AFB) stain test to see if you have a lung disease like tuberculosis (TB). In addition to showing tuberculosis, an AFB stain can also show if you have another ...

A sputum stain for Mycobacteria is a laboratory test performed on a sample of your sputum, or phlegm. It’s also known as an acid-fast bacillus (AFB) stain or a tuberculosis (TB) smear. A doctor ...

A female patient with cystic fibrosis in her mid-twenties has a positive AFB sputum culture. Below is a Kinyoun stain of positive MGIT tube fluid. The images show branching, beaded bacterial rods that ...

THERE are numerous vital reasons that indicate the importance of diagnosing tuberculosis in the minimal stage. The results of sanatorium treatment and follow-up analyses many years after discharge ...