ADJECTIVE
- not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis)
How To Use acid-fast In A Sentence
- Acid-fast staining should be done if tuberculosis is clinically suspected.
- All these 22 patients had chronic cough with haemoptysis but were not positive for acid-fast bacilli in three sputum examinations.
- Acid-fast and parasite trichrome stains of lung biopsy specimens were negative, as were direct fluorescent antibody stains for legionella and pneumocystis carinii.
- Special stains for fungus and acid-fast bacteria are negative, although culture is the more definitive diagnostic test.
- No acid-fast staining was seen in cases of cryptococcosis or candidiasis.
- Biopsy of the ulcers showed non-specific inflammatory cells with no evidence of malignancy or acid-fast bacilli.
- Stains and cultures of bronchial washings were negative for Pneumocystis, acid-fast bacilli, fungi, bacteria, and viruses.
- Special stains were negative for acid-fast bacilli, fungal forms, Pneumocystis, and other bacteria.
- Cultures of right and left lung tissues were obtained for bacteria, acid-fast bacilli, and fungi.
- All these 22 patients had chronic cough with haemoptysis but were not positive for acid-fast bacilli in three sputum examinations.