title: Auramine staining in detecting small number of bacilli in skin smears.
abstract: Auramine staining has been compared with Ziehl-Neelsen's staining of M. leprae in skin smear slide. The auramine method was found to be more sensitive than Ziehl-Neelsen's method and may be useful in detecting small number of M. leprae in skin smears. The inter-observer variance was minimal with auramine staining.
authors: Division of Laboratories, Central Leprosy Teaching and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors: V N
authors: VN
authors: Bhatia
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Cherian
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Harikrishnan
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D004396:Coloring Agents; D006801:Humans; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents