title: [Current status and the future of new methods to detect acid-fast bacteria].
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction