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. 1986 Sep;24(3):493-4.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.24.3.493-494.1986.

Inhibition of pneumococcal autolysis in lysis-centrifugation blood culture

O P Lehtonen

Inhibition of pneumococcal autolysis in lysis-centrifugation blood culture

O P Lehtonen. J Clin Microbiol. 1986 Sep.

Abstract

The recovery of Streptococcus pneumoniae from the Isolator lysis-centrifugation blood culture has been low in many studies. The poor survival of pneumococci was not due to toxicity of the Isolator medium but to autolysis before plating. This autolysis was completely inhibited by adding 10 mM phosphorylcholine to the Isolator medium.

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