Evaluation of BACTEC MGIT 960 and BACTEC 460TB systems for recovery of mycobacteria from clinical specimens of a university hospital with low incidence of tuberculosis

Authors
Leitritz, L Schubert, S Bucherl, B Masch, A Heesemann, J Roggenkamp, A
Citation
L. Leitritz et al., Evaluation of BACTEC MGIT 960 and BACTEC 460TB systems for recovery of mycobacteria from clinical specimens of a university hospital with low incidence of tuberculosis, J CLIN MICR, 39(10), 2001, pp. 3764-3767
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
10
Year of publication
2001
Pages
3764 - 3767
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200110)39:10<3764:EOBM9A>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Clinical samples obtained over a period of 8 months (n = 2,624) were proces sed in parallel with the BACTEC 460TB system, with the MGIT 960 system, and in Lowenstein-Jensen (Lj) medium, resulting in the recovery of 127 mycobac teria. Recovery rates in combinations of the BACTEC 460TB or MGIT 960 syste m with LJ were, respectively, 94.7 and 94.7% for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (n = 57) and 91.4 and 70.0% for nontuberculous mycobacteria (n = 7 0). Contamination rates, elevated in the MGIT 960 system, were associated w ith patients (cystic fibrosis) and type of material but not with transport time. Detection time was reduced in the MGIT 960 system.