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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Controlled comparison of BacT/Alert MB system, manual Myco/F lytic procedure, and isolator 10 system for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteremia
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Volume 49, No. 8, Year 2011
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We compared the performance of the BacT/Alert MB system, that of the manual Bactec Myco/F Lytic procedure, and that of the Isolator 10 lysis-centrifugation system in the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteremia. Mean times to detection were 16.4 days for BacT/Alert MB versus 20.0 days for Myco/F Lytic, 16.5 days for BacT/Alert MB versus 23.8 days for Isolator 10, and 21.1 days for Bactec Myco/F Lytic versus 22.7 days for Isolator 10. There were no significant differences in yields. The mean (range) magnitude of mycobacteremia was 30.0 (0.4, 90.0) CFU/ml and was correlated with the time to positivity in the BacT/Alert MB system (r = -0.4920). M. tuberculosis bacteremia was detected more rapidly in a continuously monitored liquid blood culture system, but the mean time to positivity exceeded 3 weeks. Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Crump, John A.
United States, Charlottesville
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health
United States, Durham
Duke University School of Medicine
United States, Durham
Duke University
Tanzania, Moshi
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre
Tanzania, Moshi
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
Morrissey, Anne B.
United States, Charlottesville
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health
Ramadhani, Habib Omari
Tanzania, Moshi
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre
Tanzania, Moshi
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
Njau, Boniface N.
Tanzania, Moshi
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre
Tanzania, Moshi
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
Maro, Venance Phillip
Tanzania, Moshi
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre
Tanzania, Moshi
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
Reller, L. Barth
United States, Charlottesville
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health
United States, Durham
Duke University School of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 6
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1128/JCM.01035-11
ISSN:
00951137
e-ISSN:
1098660X