Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Ọrịa Na-agafe Agafe: Isi ihe na-akpata ụkwara nta bụ Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), nke bụ́ obere nje na-eme ka ahụ́ ghara ịna-agagharị agagharị. Ọdịdị lipid dị elu nke ihe na-akpata ọrịa a na-akọwa ọtụtụ n'ime njirimara ahụike ya pụrụ iche. Ọ na-ekewa n'agbata awa iri na isii na awa iri abụọ ọ bụla, nke na-eme ka ọ na-eji nwayọọ nwayọọ ekewa ma e jiri ya tụnyere nje ndị ọzọ, bụ́ ndị na-ekewa n'ihe na-erughị otu awa. Mycobacteria nwere akwa akwa lipid nke mpụga. Ọ bụrụ na a na-eme ntụpọ Gram, MTB ma ọ bụ na-agba agba nke ọma "Gram-positive" ma ọ bụ na-ejighi agba agba n'ihi oke ọdịnaya lipid na mycolic acid nke mgbidi sel ya. MTB pụrụ iguzogide ọgwụ ndị na-adịghị ike na-egbu nje ma dịgide ndụ n'ọnọdụ akọrọ ruo ọtụtụ izu. N'okike, nje ahụ pụrụ itolite nanị n'ime mkpụrụ ndụ nke ihe dị ndụ, ma a pụrụ ịzụlite M. tuberculosis n'ụlọ nnyocha. Site n'iji ntụpọ ndị dị n'ahụ́ na-eme ihe n'ihe ndị e wepụtara n'ahụ́ site na nsị (nke a na-akpọkwa "sputum"), ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị pụrụ ịmata MTB n'okpuru microscope. Ebe ọ bụ na MTB na-ejigide ụfọdụ ntụpọ ọbụna mgbe a gwọchara ya na ihe ngwọta acidic, a na-ekewa ya dị ka nje bacillus acid-fast. Usoro ndị a na-ejikarị agba acid-fast bụ agba Ziehl<unk>Neelsen na agba Kinyoun, nke na-agba agba acid-fast bacilli na-acha ọbara ọbara nke na-apụta ìhè megide ndabere na-acha anụnụ anụnụ. A na-ejikwa agba nke auramine-rhodamine na microscopy fluorescence.  Ajụjụ: Olee acid ndị ọzọ a na-eji eme ihe?
Ọkpụkpụ na-acha uhie uhie na microscopy fluorescence