title: Differential identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from various clinical specimens from Sassoon General Hospital, Pune.
abstract: A total of 619 clinical specimens from cases of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis were processed by smear, culture and biochemical tests. Acid fast bacilli could be demonstrated in 93 samples (15.02%) by Z.N. staining method. Culture yielded positive growth in 95 samples (15.35%) M. tuberculosis human type was the most predominient pathogen obtained from 82 cultures (13.40%) M tuberculosis bovine type was isolated from 2 cases of ascitic fluids (0.32%). Atypical Mycobacteria were isolated from 11 samples (1.73%). 5 turned out to be M. scrofulacium, 4 were M. Kansasii, 1 was M. phlei and 1 was M. smegmatis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Byramjee Jeejibhoy Medical College, Pune.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Dravid
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Khare
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology