UMMS Affiliation
Department of Hospital Laboratories
Publication Date
1994-10-01
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Bacteremia; HIV Seropositivity; Humans; Mycobacterium avium Complex
Disciplines
Medical Microbiology
Abstract
Recovery of Mycobacterium avium complex organisms from 412 lysis-centrifugation (Isolator) concentrates of blood specimens obtained from human immunodeficiency virus-positive individuals was attempted with the following media (and Isolator concentrate inoculum volumes): BACTEC 12B broth (0.2 and 1.0 ml), Lowenstein-Jensen slants (0.1 ml), and Middlebrook 7H10/11 agar (0.1 ml). A total of 42 M. avium complex isolates were recovered. The highest rates of recovery and shortest detection times were noted with BACTEC 12B bottles inoculated with 0.2 ml of Isolator concentrate. Middlebrook agar was superior to Lowenstein-Jensen slants. Fluorochrome acid-fast smears performed directly upon Isolator concentrates were of no utility.
Source
J Clin Microbiol. 1994 Oct;32(10):2576-7.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of clinical microbiology
Related Resources
PubMed ID
7814502
Repository Citation
Doern, Gary V. and Westerling, Judith A., "Optimum recovery of Mycobacterium avium complex from blood specimens of human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients by using small volumes of isolator concentrate inoculated into BACTEC 12B bottles" (1994). Open Access Articles. 1022.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/1022