title: Practical modification of conventional blood culture systems for recovery of mycobacteria.
abstract: Supplementation of tryptic soy broth and Columbia broth with OADC Enrichment improved the growth rate of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare. This simple procedure could permit laboratories to isolate mycobacteria from blood specimens without the use of special culturing techniques.
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001769:Blood; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000254:growth & development*; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media