In:
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology, Vol. 51, No. 12 ( 2013-12), p. 4204-4206
Kurzfassung:
We confirmed that chlorhexidine decontamination yielded more nontuberculous mycobacteria than did the N -acetyl- l -cysteine-NaOH-oxalic acid procedure from respiratory samples of cystic fibrosis patients on solid cultures. However, this improved recovery is mostly balanced if the latter is combined with liquid culture. Furthermore, none of the 145 cough swabs, used to sample young children, cultured positive, suggesting that swabs are low-quality samples.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0095-1137
,
1098-660X
DOI:
10.1128/JCM.02035-13
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
American Society for Microbiology
Publikationsdatum:
2013
ZDB Id:
1498353-9
SSG:
12