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John L. Merritt, MD; Thomas F. Keys, MD
Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minn

JAMA. 1982;248(12):1450.

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In Reply.—

Dr Jones' letter concerning our article points out the need for a correction in the "Methods" section. We had reported bright or brilliant fluorescence of most or all bacteria as criteria for a positive ACB test result. In fact, bright or brilliant fluorescence of at least 1% of bacteria per microscopic field constituted a positive result. The procedure we used was slightly modified from that originally reported by Thomas et al¹ and identical to that used by Hawthorne and co-investigators at our institution.² We sincerely apologize for this error and thank Dr Jones for his careful review of our methodology. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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