| Literature DB >> 24789183 |
Kennedy Kassaza1, Patrick Orikiriza2, Augusto Llosa3, Joel Bazira4, Dan Nyehangane2, Anne-Laure Page3, Yap Boum5.
Abstract
We compared Mycobacterium tuberculosis sputum culture recovery and contamination rates between Lowenstein-Jensen medium (LJ) containing the following decontaminants and LJ alone: (i) PANTA (n = 299), (ii) Selectatab-MB (n = 299), and (iii) penicillin G (n = 234). The contamination rate for LJ alone was approximately 31%, versus 5.0% for PANTA-containing, 2% for Selectatab-containing, and 9% for penicillin-containing media (P < 0.001). M. tuberculosis isolation rates were 9.8%, 17%, 18%, and 12% for standard LJ, PANTA, Selectatab, and penicillin cultures, respectively.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24789183 PMCID: PMC4097697 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00749-14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948