Cord Formation in MB/BacT Medium Is a Reliable Criterion for Presumptive Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Laboratories with High Prevalence of M. tuberculosis

We evaluated cord formation in MB/BacT broth as a rapid method for presumptive identification of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Kinyoun acid-fast-stained smears from 370 positive MB/BacT bottles were examined for the presence of serpentine cording. The smears were examined independently by...

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Publicado no:	J Clin Microbiol
Principais autores:	Badak, F. Zuhre, Goksel, Servet, Sertoz, Ruchan, Guzelant, Asuman, Kizirgil, Ahmet, Bilgic, Altinay
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1999
Assuntos:	Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Acesso em linha:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC85924/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10565962/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.37.12.4189-4191.1999
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