Comparison of MB/BacT and BACTEC 460 TB Systems for Recovery of Mycobacteria in a Routine Diagnostic Laboratory
1999 ◽
Vol 37
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pp. 3711-3712
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MB/BacT, BACTEC 460 TB, and Löwenstein-Jensen (LJ) medium were evaluated in parallel for recovery of mycobacteria from 3,700 continuous clinical specimens in a routine laboratory. Mycobacteria were identified from 123 (3.3%) specimens. The recovery rates for all mycobacteria by the different systems were 91.0, 73.0, and 53.6% for BACTEC 460 TB, MB/BacT, and LJ medium, respectively. The recovery rates for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex were 97.1, 80.2, and 67.6%, respectively. The lack of sensitivity of the MB/BacT system was more pronounced with smear-negative specimens and resulted in a failure to detect three patients with infectious tuberculosis.
2010 ◽
Vol 9
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pp. 44
1999 ◽
Vol 37
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pp. 1206-1209
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2012 ◽
Vol 2012
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pp. 1-5
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Vol 54
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pp. 3022-3027
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2015 ◽
Vol 53
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pp. 1258-1263
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Vol 36
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pp. 3234-3238
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Vol 6
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pp. 2-6
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Vol 5
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pp. 13-20
1992 ◽
Vol 6
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pp. 181-191
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