Acid-fast bacteria or acid-fast bacilli can be defined as the group of bacteria that have the ability to resist their decolonization by the acids which are used during the staining process.
An infection that is caused due to an acid-fast organism indicates that the individual is suffering from Tuberculosis or other myobacterial diseases.
An acid-fast bacteria has many protective and invasive techniques which makes the infection difficult to treat, and thus, long-term course of antibiotics is needed for the treatment of such infections.
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