NUMBER OF DAYS REQUIRED FOR RECOVERY OF MYCOBACTERIA FROM BLOOD AND OTHER SAMPLES

Authors
ESTEBAN J MOLLEJA A FERNANDEZROBLAS R SORIANO F
Citation
J. Esteban et al., NUMBER OF DAYS REQUIRED FOR RECOVERY OF MYCOBACTERIA FROM BLOOD AND OTHER SAMPLES, Journal of clinical microbiology, 36(5), 1998, pp. 1456-1457
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
36
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1456 - 1457
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1998)36:5<1456:NODRFR>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
From 1991 to 1996, 541 blood samples were tested for the presence of m ycobacteria; 56 were positive (30 patients, 26 human immunodeficiency virus positive), The species found were Mycobacterium avium (41 sample s from 18 patients), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (12 samples from 9 pat ients), and three other species (1 sample each). The average time to d etection was 25.23 days (22.65 for M. avium and 35.33 for M. tuberculo sis). For 10 patients, the blood isolate was the only mycobacterium de tected (4 M. tuberculosis).