title: "Tween egg medium" for isolating mycobacteria from sputum specimens.
abstract: 'Tween egg medium,' in which Tween 80 was used as a carbon source, showed a higher rate of positive cultures than Ogawa egg medium in isolation of mycobacteria from sputum specimens.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D003470:Culture Media; D004531:Eggs; D005990:Glycerol; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011136:Polysorbates; D013045:Species Specificity; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D011136:Polysorbates; D005990:Glycerol