Isolation of Mycobacterium chelonei with the lysis-centrifugation blood culture technique
Authors:
- M F FojtasekMFM F Fojtasek
- M T KellyMKM T Kelly
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 16 (2) , 403-405
Abstract
Mycobacterium chelonei was isolated from a patient by the lysis-centrifugation and the conventional two-bottle blood culture methods. The lysis-centrifugation method was significantly more sensitive and rapid than the conventional method in detecting and isolating this organism; quantitations done by this method were useful for monitoring response to therapy.Keywords
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