It belongs to that small group known as acid-fast bacteria.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

~ -- (To demonstrate tubercle and other acid-fast bacilli.) 1.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference

This method is supposed to differentiate between B. tuberculosis and other acid-fast micro-organisms.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference

(This often, but not invariably, removes the stain from acid-fast bacilli other than tubercle; e. g., smegma bacillus.) 7.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference

It is a powerful oxidising agent and rapidly destroys most bacteria, but tubercle and other acid-fast organisms resist its lethal action for considerable periods, and upon this fact the method is based.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and acid-fast Mycobacterium smegmatis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinalyst - China blogs in English] Reference

Interpret NAA results in correlation with the acid-fast bacilli results.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

Biopsy of the lesion shows granulomatous inflammation and rare acid-fast organism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Acridine orange (Citrus sinensis) fluorescent counterstain auramine acid-fast stain.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

Members of the genus Mycobacterium stain better with the acid-fast stain than with the Gram stain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

The contraption was also good enough to highlight the rod shaped morphology of the acid-fast aerobic bacteria.    From Wordnik.com.  [Research Blogging - All Topics - English] Reference

If NAA is positive and acid-fast bacilli negative, use clinical judgment to initiate treatment and control but consider a second NAA.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

In the case of negative NAA and positive acid-fast bacilli, a test for inhibitors should be performed and an additional specimen should undergo NAA testing.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

"Our results indicate that ELISpot is an important advancement to rapidly distinguish acid-fast bacilli sputum smear-negative active TB from LTBI in routine clinical practice.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog - Science news straight from the source] Reference

Histopathology revealed multiple transmural caseating granulomas with Langerhans-type giant cells and acid-fast bacilli, consistent with tuberculosis, present only in the caecum.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Unfortunately, one cannot totally rely on pathologists to do this because they generally do not identify bacteria in cancer, nor do they employ the special "acid-fast" tissue staining required to view these microbes more easily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Ice Creations] Reference

To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the ELISpot test, Dr. Lange and colleagues recruited 347 patients suspected of having TB, but who were either unable to produce sputum, or who had had three consecutive negative acid-fast bacilli sputum culture results.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog - Science news straight from the source] Reference

The characterization of patients comprised a documentation of medical histories on standardized questionnaires, two examinations for acid-fast bacilli of non-induced sputum specimens, a determination of HIV serology and confirmation of positive results by an alternative test, culturing and differentiation of mycobacterial isolates by IS.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

48 for NAA testing, but the CDC said acid-fast bacilli microscopy was "limited by its poor sensitivity (45\% - to 80\%) and its poor positive predictive value (50\% to 80\%) for TB in settings in which nontuberculosis mycobacteria are commonly isolated.".    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference