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Effect of decontamination procedures on recovery of Nocardia spp
P R Murray1, R L Heeren, A C Niles
1Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Barnes Hospital, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
Exposure to 0.5% N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), 2% NaOH-NAC, or benzalkonium chloride in trisodium phosphate (Zephiran-TSP) was toxic for Nocardia isolates. The number of viable Nocardia cells in a standardized suspension was reduced by 10(2) to 10(6) after a 30-min exposure to 2% NaOH-NAC and by 10(4) or more after a 30-min treatment with Zephiran-TSP.