Medline ® Abstract for Reference 30
of 'Natural history, microbiology, and pathogenesis of tuberculosis'
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Evaluation of the Roche Septi-Chek AFB system for recovery of mycobacteria.
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D'Amato RF, Isenberg HD, Hochstein L, Mastellone AJ, Alperstein P
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J Clin Microbiol. 1991;29(12):2906.
The Septi-Chek AFB system for the recovery of mycobacteria from clinical specimens was compared with a conventional approach using Lowenstein-Jensen and Middlebrook 7H11 agars. A total of 1,532 clinical specimens were analyzed; 132 yielded mycobacteria. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium complexes were the predominant isolates. With the conventional combination of Lowenstein-Jensen and 7H11 agars, 75.8% of the isolates were recovered; the Septi-Chek AFB allowed recovery of 100% of the isolates. Septi-Chek AFB required less time for the detection of mycobacteria than did the conventional media.
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Department of Pathology, Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn&Queens, Inc., Jamaica, New York 11432-3723.
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