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Kim Dionne1, Amy Sweeney, Annie Hedgepeth
1Division of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University, Meyer B1-193, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|May 6, 2005
Abstract:
Two methods were compared for decreasing bacterial contamination in the BacT/Alert mycobacterial culture detection system. Two concentrations, 0.5 ml (standard amount) and 1.0 ml, of mycobacterial antibiotic supplement were evaluated. Contamination rates were 14% and 6% for the standard and the doubled concentrations, respectively. This difference was statistically significant (P < 0.005).

