Evaluation of a Novel Biphasic Culture Medium for Recovery of Mycobacteria: A Multi-Center Study

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterial culture and identification provide a definitive diagnosis of TB. Culture on Löwenstein-Jensen (L-J) medium is invariably delayed because of the slow growth of M. tuberculosis on L-J slants. Automated liquid culture systems are expensive. A low-cost culturing medium capable...

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Autores principales: Cui, Zhenling, Wang, Jie, Zhu, Changtai, Huang, Xiaochen, Lu, Junmei, Wang, Qing, Chen, Zhongnan, Wang, Junling, Zhang, Yan, Gu, Delin, Jing, Lingjie, Chen, Jin, Zheng, Ruijuan, Qin, Lianhua, Yang, Hua, Jin, Ruiliang, Liu, Zhonghua, Bi, Aixiao, Liu, Jinming, Hu, Zhongyi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22558436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036331

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22558436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036331

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