Evaluation of sodium hydroxide–N-acetyl-l-cysteine and 0.7% chlorhexidine decontamination methods for recovering Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum samples: A comparative analysis (The Gambia Experience)

Objective/Background: To determine the culture yield and time to detection of mycobacterial growth between samples decontaminated using 0.7% chlorhexidine and sodium hydroxide–N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NaOH–NALC) and cultured on the Löwenstein–Jensen (LJ) medium. We also aimed to determine the contaminat...

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Hauptverfasser:	Ensa Gitteh, Jacob Kweku Otu, Tijan Jobarteh, Francis Mendy, Isatou Tutty Faal-Jawara, Nana Boatema Ofori-Anyinam, Abigail Ayorinde, Ousman Secka, Florian Gehre
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Schriftenreihe:	International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Schlagworte:	Chlorhexidine Decontamination Lowenstein–Jensen medium Mycobacterial growth Sodium hydroxide–N-acetyl-l-cysteine
Online-Zugang:	http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2016;volume=5;issue=5;spage=167;epage=168;aulast=Gitteh
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