Transport and storage of sputum specimen by using cetylpyridinium chloride for isolation of mycobacteria

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Pal Nita (Συγγραφέας), Sharma Babita (Συγγραφέας), Malhotra Bharti (Συγγραφέας), Rishi Suman (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: article
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Of the 191 sputum specimens that were collected from pulmonary tuberculosis patients, 78.65% (140/178) specimens were culture positive when processed within 48 h by the NaOH method. The culture positivity in the same specimen that were stored with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and proces...