Gruft H
Health Lab Sci. 1976 Jul;13(3):179-83.
With the change in the management of tuberculosis, many bacteriology laboratories should be prepared to examine sputum for the presence of acid-fast bacilli. The niacin test is the most reliable test that can be performed in any mycobacteriology laboratory to differentiate Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the other acid-fast bacilli, but it is not perfect. Other tests can be used to supplement it are cord formation, growth at 24 C, and the catalase test at 68 C. Incompletely identified strains should be submitted to a reference laboratory.
随着结核病管理方式的改变，许多细菌学实验室应做好准备，对痰液进行抗酸杆菌检测。烟酸试验是在任何分枝杆菌实验室都能进行的、用于区分结核分枝杆菌与其他抗酸杆菌的最可靠试验，但它并不完美。可用于补充该试验的其他检测包括索状形成、24℃生长情况以及68℃过氧化氢酶试验。未完全鉴定的菌株应送交参考实验室。
