title: Recovery of Histoplasma capsulatum from BACTEC TB media.
abstract: From 1990 through 1994, we fortuitously isolated Histoplasma capsulatum from six patients with AIDS whose specimens of blood were processed by the BACTEC system using Middlebrook broth selective for acid-fast bacilli (13A medium). Growth indices became positive after an average of 17 days of incubation (range, 11 to 20 days). No acid-fast bacilli were seen, but small budding yeasts characteristic of H. capsulatum were present.
authors: Springfield Clinic, Illinois, USA.
authors: D R
authors: DR
authors: Graham
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Drake
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Barenfanger
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D003470:Culture Media; D016469:Fungemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media