Macrocolonies (Granules) Formation as a Cause of False-Negative Results in the MGIT 960 System: Cause Analysis and Correlation with Mycobacterial Species

Background. The viable mycobacterial bacilli can sometimes form granules in the Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) to produce instrument-negative outcomes when BACTEC MGIT 960 culture is performed. The cause of this phenomenon has never been analyzed. Methods. Thirty-one instrument-negative,...

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Autores principales: Yu, Xia, Zhao, Liping, Jiang, Guanglu, Ma, Yifeng, Li, Weimin, Huang, Hairong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4649083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26618171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/501847

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4649083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26618171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/501847

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