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. 2005 Feb;43(2):890-1.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.890-891.2005.

Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in conventional BacT/ALERT FA blood culture bottles allows reliable diagnosis of Mycobacteremia

T Hanscheid  1 , C Monteiro, J Melo Cristino, L Marques Lito, M J Salgado
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Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in conventional BacT/ALERT FA blood culture bottles allows reliable diagnosis of Mycobacteremia

T Hanscheid et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Feb.

Abstract

The conventional BacT/ALERT FA blood cultures supported the ample growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in seeding experiments and appeared to perform as reliably as the BACTEC Myco/F-Lytic vials in the recovery of M. tuberculosis from blood in HIV-infected patients. Overall, blood cultures were positive in 39% of patients with tuberculosis.

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