Not everything acid fast is Mycobacterium tuberculosis -: a case report

被引：19

作者：

Olson, ES

Simpson, AJH

Norton, AJ

Das, SS ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] St Bartholomews Hosp, Dept Med Microbiol, London EC1A 7BE, England

[2] St Bartholomews Hosp, Dept Histopathol, London EC1A 7BE, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY | 1998年 / 51卷 / 07期

关键词：

Ziehl-Neelsen stain; acid fast organisms; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nocardia asteroides;

D O I：

10.1136/jcp.51.7.535

中图分类号：

R36 [病理学];

学科分类号：

100104 ;

摘要：

The Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stain is important in identifying organisms that are acid fast, principally Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, decolorisation with a weaker acid concentration (for example 1% hydrochloric acid), often used in ZN staining in histology, can result in a wider variety of organisms appearing acid fast and can be a cause of misidentification. To illustrate this point, a patient is described with pulmonary nocardiosis who was misdiagnosed as having tuberculous empyema on pleural biopsy.

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