title: [Comparison of the Bacter system and Löwenstein-Jensen medium for cultivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical samples].
abstract: Over a period of two years, 1364 clinical samples from pulmonary sources, were studied in order to compare the Bactec-TB system with the Löwenstein-Jensen medium, for isolation of mycobacteria. Within this period of time, 93 strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were isolated, 71 (76%) were isolated by the Bactec system, and 69 (74%) were isolated by the Löwenstein-Jensen. The number of contaminations was lower for the Bactec system (3.2%) than for the Löwenstein-Jensen medium (5.3%). The mean time of isolation with the Bactec was 16.4 days. The mean time of isolation with Löwenstein-Jensen medium was 21.9 days. Identification of the strains with the Bactec system by the p-nitro-a-acetilamin-beta-hidroxipropiphenone inhibition test gave a 100% correlation with the conventional biochemical methods used for the identification of the same strains growth of Löwenstein-Jensen.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gimeno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García-Bravo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Machuca
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Palenque
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002648:Child; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media
vernacular_title: Comparación del sistema Bactec y medio de Löwenstein-Jensen para el cultivo de Mycobacterium tuberculosis en muestras clínicas.