Evaluation of decontamination methods and growth media for primary isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from surgical specimens.
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We evaluated four decontamination methods and one nondecontamination procedure in combination with four egg-based media for the primary isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from tissue specimens. With mycobacterial recovery and contamination rates of 75.6 and 2.4%, respectively, the combination of the oxalic acid decontamination method with Lowenstein-Jensen medium supplemented with glycerol yielded the best results.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 42 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004