Enhancing effects of carbon dioxide on the primary isolation of acid-fast bacilli in a modified Lowenstein-Jensen medium.
Specimens inoculated on modified Lowenstein-Jensen medium were incubated aerobically and in an atmosphere of 8% CO(2). Sixteen per cent of the positive specimens grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis only after incubation in CO(2).
D000332:Aerobiosis; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003470:Culture Media; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009268:Nalidixic Acid; D010100:Oxygen; D010406:Penicillins; D012313:RNA
D003470:Culture Media; D010406:Penicillins; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D009268:Nalidixic Acid; D012313:RNA; D010100:Oxygen