Comparison of three isolation systems for the culture of mycobacteria from respiratory and non-respiratory samples

摘要

Aims-To compare the recovery of myco- bacteria from clinical samples using the MB/Bact rapid culture system with that Obtained using egg medium or the Bactec Radiometric method. Methods-The three methods were com- Pared using 681 clinical samples (462 Respiratory and 219 non-respiratory sam- Ples) and eight external quality control Strains. Culture media were incubated at 35-37 deg .C for six weeks in the MB/BacT sys- tem and for 12 weeks in the Bactec system and on egg medium.