Comparison of Recoveries of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using the Automated BACTEC MGIT 960 System, the BACTEC 460 TB System, and Löwenstein-Jensen Medium

Using two different liquid media and one conventional solid medium, a total of 57 mycobacterial isolates (Mycobacterium tuberculosis, n = 55; nontuberculous mycobacteria, n = 2) were recovered from 377 clinical specimens. The rates of recovery of M. tuberculosis were 96.4% with the BACTEC MGIT 960 l...

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Main Authors: Somoskövi, Ákos, Ködmön, Csaba, Lantos, Ákos, Bártfai, Zoltán, Tamási, Lilla, Füzy, Judit, Magyar, Pál
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2000
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Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC86818/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10835013
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