title: Evaluation of the acid-fast smear.
abstract: A retrospective analysis of the data involving all specimens submitted to the mycobacteriology laboratory over the past 20 months supports the continued use of the acid-fast smear as an aid in the detection of tuberculosis.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*