Identification of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis from Meningitis Cases Using API-ZYMBased Scheme

摘要

A biochemical identification scheme for Mycobacterium spp. consisting of the API-ZYM strip plus five additional tests was evaluated on 50 strains of acid-fast bacilli isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of meningitis cases in Egypt. All isolates were identified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This five-hour assay was easy to run and interpret when freshly grown isolates It (20-25 days old) served as the test inoculum.... Meningitis, Diagnosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, API-ZYM strip, Egypt.