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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2000, p. 4239-4241, Vol. 38, No. 11
Laboratory of Clinical Investigation,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases,1 and Clinical Pathology
Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical
Center,2 National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, Maryland
Received 7 April 2000/Returned for modification 12 July
2000/Accepted 23 August 2000
We evaluated the new MPM medium for the growth of Borrelia
burgdorferi. All 18 blood samples from 17 patients with Lyme
disease were negative. Growth studies showed that by day 4, most
organisms in MPM were not viable. Our results reinforce the use of BSK
medium as the primary choice for growing B. burgdorferi.
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Evaluation of a New Culture Medium for
Borrelia burgdorferi
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