A chlorhexidine- agar plate culture medium protocol to complement standard broth culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A chlorhexidine- agar plate culture medium protocol to complement standard broth culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using parallel inoculation of a solid culture medium and a liquid broth provides the gold standard for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Here, we evaluated a chlorhexidine decontamination-MOD9 solid medium protocol versus the standard NALC-NaOH-Bactec 960 MGIT...

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Main Authors: Shady eAsmar, Sonia eChatellier, Caroline eMirande, Alex eVan Belkum, Isabelle eCanard, Didier eRaoult, Michel eDRANCOURT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Chlorhexidine
Decontamination
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
diagnosis
culture
contamination
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00030/full

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