Evaluation of Auramine O staining and conventional PCR for leprosy diagnosis: A comparative cross-sectional study from Ethiopia.

• Main Authors: Selfu Girma (Author), Charlotte Avanzi (Author), Kidist Bobosha (Author), Kassu Desta (Author), Munir H Idriss (Author), Philippe Busso (Author), Yohannes Tsegaye (Author), Shimelis Nigusse (Author), Tsegaye Hailu (Author), Stewart T Cole (Author), Abraham Aseffa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of leprosy mainly relies on clinical examination due to the inconsistent sensitivity and poor reproducibility of the current laboratory tests. Utilisation of alternative methods to the standard Ziehl Neelsen (ZN), Fite-Faraco (FF) and Haematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) staining pr...