Transport and storage of sputum specimen by using cetylpyridinium chloride for isolation of mycobacteria
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...
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Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2009-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2009;volume=52;issue=1;spage=59;epage=61;aulast=Pal |