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Ethanol Fixative Reduces TB Risk to Lab Workers

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, June 19th, 1995

Ethanol fixation of human sputum sediments' containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis significantly reduces the potential exposure of workers to viable M. tuberculosis without affecting DNA analysis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Newly developed, rapid methods for detecting M. tuberculosis and for determining drug susceptibility patterns from clinical specimens are being tested and may provide new approaches for shortening laboratory diagnostic procedures, thereby facilitating diagnosis and treatment.

Many new tests designed to detect M. tuberculosis in clinical specimens and for identifying drug resistance patterns are...

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