1 mined for acid-fast bacilli by use of direct auramine and Ziehl-Neelsen staining.

2 acetate, quantitative culture, and acid-fast auramine microscopy were all performed in triplicate.

3  of mycobacteria, we compared two commercial auramine O stains.

4 biplates), smear for acid-fast bacilli (AFB; auramine O), and clinical course.

5 ained with hematoxylin-eosin, Ziehl-Neelsen, auramine O, and Kinyoun stains and were examined for gra

6  plant cuticles, using the fluorescent stain auramine O.

7 B staining by 20 to 30% (only differences in auramine sensitivity were statistically significant) but

8                              All slides were auramine-stained and then read by both a research micros