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Rapid methods for microbial diagnosis of mycobacterial infections
F Pirali1, D Colombrita, M Gelmi
1Institute of Microbiology, Brescia University, Italy.
The New Microbiologica
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
The Authors describe their experience in rapid diagnosis of mycobacterial infections using a combination of a radiometric blood culture (Bactec 13 A) and a nucleic acid hybridization system (Gen probe, Accuprobe) to detect and identify Mycobacteria. They found out that a high number of septicaemias in HIV positive patients are due to Mycobacterium avium, while in HIV negative subjects Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the most frequent mycobacterium.