Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Conventional BacT/ALERT FA Blood Culture Bottles Allows Reliable Diagnosis of Mycobacteremia

AUTOR(ES)

Hanscheid, T.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The conventional BacT/ALERT FA blood cultures supported the ample growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in seeding experiments and appeared to perform as reliably as the BACTEC Myco/F-Lytic vials in the recovery of M. tuberculosis from blood in HIV-infected patients. Overall, blood cultures were positive in 39% of patients with tuberculosis.

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