COMPARISON OF A RADIOMETRIC METHOD (BACTEC) AND CONVENTIONAL CULTURE MEDIA FOR RECOVERY OF MYCOBACTERIA FROM SMEAR-NEGATIVE SPECIMENS
COMPARISON OF A RADIOMETRIC METHOD (BACTEC) AND CONVENTIONAL CULTURE MEDIA FOR RECOVERY OF MYCOBACTERIA FROM SMEAR-NEGATIVE SPECIMENS
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DOI:
10.1128/jcm.18.2.384-388.1983
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
9.4
通讯作者:
ROBERTS, GD
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作者:
MORGAN, MA;HORSTMEIER, CD;ROBERTS, GD
The BACTEC system and 3 conventional media (Middlebrook 7H10, selective Middlebrook 7H11 [S7H11] and Lowenstein-Jensen [LJ]) were compared for their mean recovery times and recovery rates of mycobacteria from acid-fast, smear-negative clinical specimens. Of the 71 smear-negative, culture-positive specimens recovered from 2165 submitted smear-negative cultures, the BACTEC system detected 71.8%, compared with 88.7% for the conventional 3-medium system. When media were individually compared, BACTEC medium (Middlebrook 7H12) was more successful in recovering mycobacteria (71.8%) than was LJ (62%), Middlebrook medium 7H10 (55.9%) or Middlebrook S7H11 medium (52.1%). Middlebrook 7H11 medium containing sodium selenate was also evaluated and did not increase the recovery rate or decrease the recovery time of mycobacterial species when compared with LJ, Middlebrook 7H10, S7H11 and 7H12 media. The mean detection time for the BACTEC system was less than that by conventional methods for the 7 spp. of mycobacteria recovered. Detections times for Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the BACTEC system and conventional cultural systems were 13.7 and 26.3 days, respectively.