title: Radiometric detection of mycobacteria in routine blood cultures.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media