Enhancing effects of carbon dioxide on the primary isolation of acid-fast bacilli in a modified Lowenstein-Jensen medium.
Authors:
- H GruftHGH Gruft
- A LoderALA Loder
- 1 November 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 22 (5) , 944-5
Abstract
Specimens inoculated on modified Lowenstein-Jensen medium were incubated aerobically and in an atmosphere of 8% CO(2). Sixteen per cent of the positive specimens grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis only after incubation in CO(2).Keywords
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