Novel method for clearing red blood cell debris from BacT/ALERT® blood culture medium for improved microscopic and antimycobacterial drug susceptibility test results

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 220-226

  Gopinath, Krishnamoorthy ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Sankar, Manimuthu Mani ^a   Singh, Sarman ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antimycobacterial drug susceptibility testing; Lysis of RBC; MB BacT blood culture; Mycobacteremia

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; POTASSIUM BICARBONATE; TRITON X 100;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD CULTURE; CELL LYSATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34547470928     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20169     Document Type: Article

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