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[Recent advance in the isolation of mycobacteria]
1Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
Nihon Rinsho. Japanese Journal of Clinical Medicine
|January 12, 1999
Abstract:
Two systems, the newly developed Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) and biphasic Septi-Chek AFB based on liquid media, proved to be significantly better than the egg-based solid media for the isolation of mycobacteria from clinical specimens. The isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by MGIT occurred 8 days previous to the isolation by the conventional Ogawa method. These results indicate that the MGIT system is efficient for the recovery of mycobacteria.