The flotation method for detection of tubercle bacilli in sputum smears.
Both the flotation smear examination and culture techniques yielded results for detection of tubercle bacilli which were superior to either direct smear examination or to examination of smear from liquefied or liquefied-centrifuged sputum specimens.
D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis