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Comparison of Lumin LED fluorescent attachment, fluorescent microscopy and Ziehl-Neelsen for AFB diagnosis
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 06/30/09

Trusov A et al. - Fluorescence microscopy is more sensitive than conventional microscopy. The Lumin attachment to conventional light microscopes provided results equal to or better than the CFMs. Smear restaining for ZN showed a 12% advantage for Lumin and CFM in Macedonia, in line with other meta-analyses. Restaining for ZN gave poor results in Russia for unknown reasons. Retrospective analysis of directly ZN-stained smears showed 55.6% sensitivity compared to the Lumin, which is also in line with the superiority of fluorescent microscopy reported in literature.

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