Reliability of the MB/BacT system for testing susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates to antituberculous drugs

Authors
Brunello, F Fontana, R
Citation
F. Brunello et R. Fontana, Reliability of the MB/BacT system for testing susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates to antituberculous drugs, J CLIN MICR, 38(2), 2000, pp. 872-873
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
872 - 873
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200002)38:2<872:ROTMSF>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The susceptibility of 115 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex clinical isola tes to isoniazid, streptomycin, ethambutol, and rifampin was assessed by th e MB/BacT and BACTEC 460TB systems. The correlation between the two tests w as 98.3% for isoniazid, 100% for streptomycin and rifampin, and 95.8% for e thambutol. Turnaround times for antimicrobial susceptibility testing ranged from 5 to 11 days (median, 8.5 days) for MB/BacT and from 4 to 8 days (med ian, 6 days) for BACTEC 460TB.