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Research Article| Volume 16, ISSUE 3, P551-567, September 1996

Primary Processing of Specimens and Isolation and Cultivation of Mycobacteria

  • Gerri S. Hall
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    From the Department of Clinical Pathology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)30255-5
Primary Processing of Specimens and Isolation and Cultivation of Mycobacteria
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      Processing of specimens for mycobacteria need to proceed as rapidly as possible to provide 24-hour turnaround for smears and 21-day turnaround for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. If these goals are to be accomplished, a broth culture or microcolony plate method must be part of the media and in the planting process. Use of conventional solid media alone does not provide adequate turnaround time.
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