| dc.contributor.author | Kassaza, Kennedy | |
| dc.contributor.author | Orikiriza, Patrick | |
| dc.contributor.author | Llosa, Augusto | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bazira, Joel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nyehangane, Dan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Page, Anne-Laure | |
| dc.contributor.author | Boum, Yap | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-19T12:08:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-11-19T12:08:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-04-03 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kassaza, K., Orikiriza, P., Llosa, A., Bazira, J., Nyehangane, D., Page, A. L., & Boum, Y. (2014). Lowenstein-Jensen selective medium for reducing contamination in Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture. Journal of clinical microbiology, 52(7), 2671-2673. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/946 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We compared Mycobacterium tuberculosis sputum culture recovery and contamination rates between Lowenstein-Jensen medium (LJ) containing the following decontaminants and LJ alone: (i) PANTA (n = 299), (ii) Selectatab-MB (n = 299), and (iii) penicillin G (n = 234). The contamination rate for LJ alone was approximately 31%, versus 5.0% for PANTA-containing, 2% for Selectatab-containing, and 9% for penicillin-containing media (P < 0.001). M. tuberculosis isolation rates were 9.8%, 17%, 18%, and 12% for standard LJ, PANTA, Selectatab, and penicillin cultures, respectively. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.title | Lowenstein-Jensen Selective Medium for Reducing Contamination in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Culture | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
