Radiometric detection of mycobacteria in routine blood cultures.
Mycobacterium chelonei subsp. abscessus was detected radiometrically in routine blood cultures. The organism was detected in two patients without the use of special mycobacteriological media.
D000368:Aged; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D011874:Radiometry; D013045:Species Specificity
D003470:Culture Media