title: Isolation of Mycobacterium chelonei with the lysis-centrifugation blood culture technique.
abstract: Mycobacterium chelonei was isolated from a patient by the lysis-centrifugation and the conventional two-bottle blood culture methods. The lysis-centrifugation method was significantly more sensitive and rapid than the conventional method in detecting and isolating this organism; quantitations done by this method were useful for monitoring response to therapy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*