RELIABILITY OF CORD FORMATION IN BACTEC MEDIA FOR PRESUMPTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF MYCOBACTERIA

Authors
MORRIS AJ RELLER LB
Citation
Aj. Morris et Lb. Reller, RELIABILITY OF CORD FORMATION IN BACTEC MEDIA FOR PRESUMPTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF MYCOBACTERIA, Journal of clinical microbiology, 31(9), 1993, pp. 2533-2534
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
31
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2533 - 2534
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1993)31:9<2533:ROCFIB>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We evaluated cord formation in BACTEC media as a criterion for presump tive identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Auramine-rh odamine smears from 673 radiometrically positive BACTEC vials were exa mined. The presence of cording had a sensitivity, a specificity, and p ositive and negative predictive values of 22.9, 98.5, 82.9, and 80.3%, respectively. Before cord formation is used to report presumptive ide ntification of M. tuberculosis complex, workers should determine the r eliability of this finding in their own laboratories.