Reduction of Contamination of Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tubes with a Modified Antimicrobial Combination

AUTOR(ES)

Chang, Chulhun Ludgerus

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Culture in the fluorimetric Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) treated with a combination of vancomycin, amphotericin B, and nalidixic acid (VAN) showed growth of most strains of 31 mycobacterial species with a less-than-1-day delay. The results were similar to those in the MGIT with polymyxin B, amphotericin B, nalidixic acid, trimethoprim, and azlocillin, but with respiratory specimens, the MGIT with VAN showed a lower contamination rate with no change in the detection rate or time.

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