Ultraviolet Light Enhances the Bovine Serum Albumin Fixation for Acid Fast Bacilli Stain

Jun-Ren Sun; Yun-Hsiang Cheng; Pei-Yin Lai; Shih-Yi Lee; Yu-Ching Chou; Yung-Chieh Fu; Chen-Cheng Wu; Tzong-Shi Chiueh

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089370

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Ultraviolet Light Enhances the Bovine Serum Albumin Fixation for Acid Fast Bacilli Stain

Jun-Ren Sun ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun-Ren Sun, Yun-Hsiang Cheng

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yun-Hsiang Cheng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun-Ren Sun, Yun-Hsiang Cheng

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Pei-Yin Lai,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Shih-Yi Lee,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yu-Ching Chou,

Affiliation School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yung-Chieh Fu,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chen-Cheng Wu,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tzong-Shi Chiueh

* E-mail: drche0523@gmail.com

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Clinical Pathology, Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ultraviolet Light Enhances the Bovine Serum Albumin Fixation for Acid Fast Bacilli Stain

Jun-Ren Sun,
Yun-Hsiang Cheng,
Pei-Yin Lai,
Shih-Yi Lee,
Yu-Ching Chou,
Yung-Chieh Fu,
Chen-Cheng Wu,
Tzong-Shi Chiueh

Published: February 21, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089370

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