DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02279-10
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Laboratory diagnosis of preulcerative Buruli ulcer lesion by Ziehl-Neelsen staining of a smear prepared from an FNA sample. The black arrows point to acid-fast bacilli.
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- Table 1.
Result obtained with the different decontamination procedures that were evaluated in this studya
Decontamination method No. (%) of cultures Culture positive (n = 20) No bacterial growth (n = 20) Contaminated (n = 20) Oxalic acid method 10 (50) 9 (45) 1 (5) Petroff method 10 (50) 8 (40) 2 (10) Double decontamination 1 (5) 19 (95) 0 (0) ↵a A culture was considered positive if at least one tube gave an isolate that was confirmed as M. ulcerans and contaminated if all tubes inoculated were overgrown by other bacteria.
