COMPARATIVE-EVALUATION OF THE MB-CHECK SYSTEM FOR RECOVERY OF MYCOBACTERIA FROM CLINICAL SPECIMENS

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PIERSIMONI, C [1 ]
MORBIDUCCI, V [1 ]
DESIO, G [1 ]
SCALISE, G [1 ]
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[1] UNIV ANCONA,INST INFECT DIS,I-60100 ANCONA,ITALY
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10.1007/BF01961140
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R51 [传染病];
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100401 ;
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The performance of the MB-Check system (Roche) in the recovery of mycobacteria from clinical specimens was compared with that of the Bactec radiometric system and conventional culture on Lowenstein-Jensen medium A total of 1,582 clinical specimens were used for the study; 74 yielded mycobacteria. Organisms of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium complexes accounted for the majority of isolates. The rate of recovery of all mycobacteria with the Bactec system was 91.9 %, with the MB-Check system 79.7 % and on Lowenstein-Jensen medium only 54.1 %. Combination of the Bactec and MB-Check systems allowed recovery of 100 % of isolates. The Bactec system showed a faster detection time than the other two methods.
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