Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in conventional BacT/ALERT FA blood culture bottles allows reliable diagnosis of Mycobacteremia.
The conventional BacT/ALERT FA blood cultures supported the ample growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in seeding experiments and appeared to perform as reliably as the BACTEC Myco/F-Lytic vials in the recovery of M. tuberculosis from blood in HIV-infected patients. Overall, blood cultures were positive in 39% of patients with tuberculosis.
Hanscheid
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Laboratório de Basteriologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal. t.hanscheid@fm.ul.pt
Monteiro
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Cristino
J Melo
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Lito
L Marques
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Salgado
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MJ
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology
D003470:Culture Media