pnrobinson
commented
3 months ago @MickeySegal
Adding new term:
- ID: HP:6000963
- label: Demonstration of acid-fast bacilli in wound tissue
- parents: Positive infectious agent test (HP:0430030)
- pmid: PMID:30725806
- def: Demonstration of acid-fast bacilli by microscopic examination of wound tissue. Acid fastness is a physical property that gives a bacterium the ability to resist decolorization by acids during staining procedures.
- comment: Bacteria displaying acid fastness include: Mycobacterium leprae, M. tuberculosis, M. smegmatis, M. Avium complex, M. kansasii, Nocardia brasiliensis, N. cyriacigeorgica, N. farcinica, and N. nova.
- orcid: orcid:0000-0002-0736-9199
- github ID: https://github.com/obophenotype/human-phenotype-ontology/issues/8092
- synonyms:
New term request Wound culture or tissue sample: Acid-fast bacilli present (seidel_190313151521): AFB stain positive UMLS: 0486278