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Non-Branching Bacilli (Mycobacteria)

• Specimen: Lymph Node

• Stain: Kinyoun

• Magnification: x1000

• Features: Filamentous bacilli (non-branching), strongly Acid-Fast. Culture recovered is MTB.

 

 
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