학술논문
Thin layer agar compared to BACTEC MGIT 960 for early detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Document Type
Report
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Source
Journal of Microbiological Methods. July, 2009, Vol. 78 Issue 1, p107, 2 p.
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Language
English
ISSN
0167-7012
Abstract
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2009.05.001 Byline: Anandi Martin (a), Krista Fissette (a), Francis Varaine (b), Francoise Portaels (a), Juan Carlos Palomino (a) Keywords: Tuberculosis; Thin layer agar; BACTEC MGIT960; Diagnosis Abstract: We compared the sensitivity and time to detection of growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the thin layer agar (TLA) compared to BACTEC MGIT960. The average time for growth of M. tuberculosis in TLA and BACTEC MGIT960 was 10.6 and 9.6 days, respectively. The sensitivity of detection of M. tuberculosis was 97.3% on TLA and 97% on BACTEC MGIT960 for smear positive samples. TLA showed comparable results to BACTEC MGIT960 and could be an alternative method for low-income countries. Author Affiliation: (a) Institute of Tropical Medicine, Mycobacteriology Unit, Antwerp, Belgium (b) Medecins Sans Frontieres, Paris, France Article History: Received 21 April 2009; Revised 29 April 2009; Accepted 4 May 2009