학술논문
Improved cultural detection of Burkholderia cepacia from sputum in patients with cystic fibrosis
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Source
Journal of Clinical Pathology. Oct 01, 2001 54(10):803-805
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0021-9746
Abstract
AIMS: To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of two selective media for the isolation of Burkholderia cepacia from sputum specimens in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). METHODS: In total, 149 expectorated sputum specimens from 113 patients with CF (32 cepacia colonised patients and 81 non-cepacia colonised patients) attending three CF centres were examined for the presence of B cepacia on two selective media: (1) MAST selective agar, a commercially available selective medium widely used in the UK and (2) bcsa (B cepacia selective agar), a new medium recently described, which is used predominantly in North America. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS