A METHOD FOR DETECTING DORMANT OR CELL WALL DEFICIENT MYCOBACTERIUM SPECIES AND A METHOD AND MEDIUM FOR THE GROWTH PROMOTION OF DORMANT OR CELL WALL DEFICIENT FORMS OF MYCOBACTERIUM SPEICES

摘要

A method for detecting, in a blood or tissue sample, dormant or cell wall deficient Mycobacterium species, said method including using a Ziehl Neelsen stain as hereinbefore defined, which includes treating the sample with carbol fuchsin, followed 5 by treating the sample with a decolouriser and with a counter stain.