Filtration-based culture methods improve recovery of fungal pathogens in respiratory specimens.
We describe a filtration-based culture method to enhance sensitivity of routine culture for recovery of fungi from respiratory specimens. The new method resulted in an 8.3% (P = 0.0039) increase in recovery for all organisms and a 6.4% (P = 0.0391) for Candida species when compared to the conventional culture technique.
El Saleeby
Chadi M
CM
Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, USA. celsaleeby@partners.org
Jamison
Ginger R
GR
Pounds
Stanley B
SB
Hewitt
Carolyn B
CB
Hayden
Randall T
RT
D005374:Filtration; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013048:Specimen Handling