Growth of mycobacteria in L-J and biphasic medium scenarios with acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear microscopy and status of the source respiratory specimen.
- Zhenling Cui (290174)
- Jie Wang (16762)
- Changtai Zhu (323986)
- Xiaochen Huang (324754)
- Junmei Lu (324755)
- Qing Wang (27728)
- Zhongnan Chen (324756)
- Junling Wang (252266)
- Yan Zhang (8098)
- Delin Gu (324757)
- Lingjie Jing (324758)
- Jin Chen (130241)
- Ruijuan Zheng (281946)
- Lianhua Qin (290170)
- Hua Yang (120668)
- Ruiliang Jin (290172)
- Zhonghua Liu (148625)
- Aixiao Bi (324759)
- Jinming Liu (124265)
- Zhongyi Hu (290175)
Publication date
February 2013
DOIAbstract
<p><a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0036331#s3" target="_blank">Results</a> are shown for 830 AFB smear-negative respiratory specimens and 362 AFB smear-positive respiratory specimens that were found positive for <i>M. tuberculosis</i> by both L-J and biphasic medium (B–P). L-J, culture on L-J medium; B–P, culture in biphasic medium.</p
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