TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of the BacT/Alert MB mycobacterial blood culture system for detection of mycobacteria in sterile body fluids other than blood
AU - Mattei, Romano
AU - Savarino, Arnaldo
AU - Fabbri, Marco
AU - Moneta, Sara
AU - Tortoli, Enrico
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - The definitive diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is made by a positive body fluid culture result. Conventional culture methods require centrifugation or filtration of body fluid (peritoneal, pleural, synovial, or pericardial fluid) in order to improve the sensitivity. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of the direct inoculation, at the patient's bedside, of up to 5 ml of uncentrifuged fluid onto BacT/Alert MB culture bottles (bioMérieux, Durham, NC).
AB - The definitive diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis is made by a positive body fluid culture result. Conventional culture methods require centrifugation or filtration of body fluid (peritoneal, pleural, synovial, or pericardial fluid) in order to improve the sensitivity. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of the direct inoculation, at the patient's bedside, of up to 5 ml of uncentrifuged fluid onto BacT/Alert MB culture bottles (bioMérieux, Durham, NC).
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.01712-08
DO - 10.1128/JCM.01712-08
M3 - Article
C2 - 19109469
AN - SCOPUS:62749165336
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 47
SP - 711
EP - 714
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
IS - 3
ER -