A highly efficient Ziehl-Neelsen stain: identifying de novo intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis and improving detection of extracellular M. tuberculosis in cerebrospinal fluid.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on January 11, 2012

Authors

Ping Chen1, Ming Shi, Guo-Dong Feng, Jia-Yun Liu, Bing-Ju Wang, Xiao-Dan Shi, Lei Ma, Xue-Dong Liu, Yi-Ning Yang, Wen Dai, Ting-Ting Liu, Ying He, Jin-Ge Li, Xiao-Ke Hao, Gang Zhao

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710032, China.

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