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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2000, p. 398-401, Vol. 38, No. 1
Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital "Princeps
d'Espanya," Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de
Bellvitge, 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona,
Spain,1 and Cap de Drassanes,
Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain2
Received 20 April 1999/Returned for modification 26 August
1999/Accepted 15 October 1999
A total of 120 mycobacterial isolates were recovered from 1,068 clinical specimens. Of these, 82.5% were in MGIT 960, 83.3% were in
MB/BacT, 80% were in BACTEC 460, and 70% were on
Löwenstein-Jensen medium. Mean times to detection of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (n = 96) were
significantly shorter with MGIT 960 (12.6 days, P = 0.003) and BACTEC 460 (11.8 days, P < 0.001) than
with MB/BacT (15.9 days). Although, MGIT 960 showed the lowest rate of
recovery of M. kansasii genotype I (64.3%), the earliest
growth was detected with this system (8.9 days). Low and similar rates
of contamination were obtained with MGIT 960 (3.3%) and MB/BacT (3%).
The AccuProbe test for identification showed excellent sensitivities
with MGIT 960 (96.8%) and MB/BacT (100%) cultures. In addition to
being nonradiometric, both MGIT 960 and MB/BacT are accurate, rapid, and labor-saving detection systems which could replace the radiometric method.
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Evaluation of the BACTEC MGIT 960 and the MB/BacT Systems for
Recovery of Mycobacteria from Clinical Specimens and for Species
Identification by DNA AccuProbe
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Servei de
Microbiologia, Hospital "Princeps d'Espanya," Ciutat
Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge, C/Feixa Llarga s/n,
08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. Phone:
34-93-2607930. Fax: 34-93-2607547. E-mail: falcaide{at}csub.scs.es.
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