       Document 0948
 DOCN  M9650948
 TI    Recovery of mycobacteria from blood in mycobacteria growth indicator
       tube and Lowenstein-Jensen slant after lysis-centrifugation.
 DT    9505
 AU    Hanna BA; Walters SB; Bonk SJ; Tick LJ; Department of Pathology, New
       York University School of Medicine,; New York 10016, USA.
 SO    J Clin Microbiol. 1995 Dec;33(12):3315-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96156151
 AB    Five hundred five blood samples for culture were processed in the
       Isolator lysis-centrifugation system and were then inoculated into a
       Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) and onto a Lowenstein-Jensen
       (L-J) slant. Forty-nine isolates of Mycobacterium avium complex and
       three isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were recovered from 50 of
       the blood culture specimens. Forty-five isolates from 43 specimens were
       recovered in the MGIT, with a mean time to detection of 21 days.
       Forty-one isolates from 40 specimens were recovered in the L-J slants,
       and the mean time to detection was 36 days. Nine specimens were positive
       in the MGIT alone, while seven specimens were positive only in L-J
       medium.
 DE    AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/
       MICROBIOLOGY  *Bacteriological Techniques  Blood/*MICROBIOLOGY
       Centrifugation  Comparative Study  Culture Media  Evaluation Studies
       Hemolysis  Human  Mycobacterium avium Complex/GROWTH &
       DEVELOPMENT/*ISOLATION &  PURIF  Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
       Infection/COMPLICATIONS/  DIAGNOSIS/MICROBIOLOGY  Mycobacterium
       tuberculosis/GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT/*ISOLATION &  PURIF  Support, Non-U.S.
       Gov't  Time Factors  Tuberculosis,
       Pulmonary/COMPLICATIONS/DIAGNOSIS/MICROBIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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