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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1998, p. 1456-1457, Vol. 36, No. 5
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Number of Days Required for Recovery of Mycobacteria from Blood and Other Samples

Jaime Esteban,* Ana Molleja, Ricardo Fernández-Roblas, and Francisco Soriano

Department of Medical Microbiology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain

Received 2 December 1997/Returned for modification 14 January 1998/Accepted 12 February 1998

From 1991 to 1996, 541 blood samples were tested for the presence of mycobacteria; 56 were positive (30 patients, 26 human immunodeficiency virus positive). The species found were Mycobacterium avium (41 samples from 18 patients), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (12 samples from 9 patients), and three other species (1 sample each). The average time to detection was 25.23 days (22.65 for M. avium and 35.33 for M. tuberculosis). For 10 patients, the blood isolate was the only mycobacterium detected (4 M. tuberculosis).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dept. of Medical Microbiology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Av. Reyes Católicos 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain. Phone: 1-5504900. Fax: 1-5494764. E-mail: fjdmicro{at}microb.net.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 1998, p. 1456-1457, Vol. 36, No. 5
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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