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Differentiating rapid- and slow-growing mycobacteria by difference in time to growth detection in liquid media
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- Issue Date
- 2013-01
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Citation
- Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Vol.75 No.1, pp.73-76
- Abstract
- Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are classified into 2 categories: slow-growing mycobacteria (SGM) and rapid-growing mycobacteria (RGM), based on interval to colony formation by subculture on solid media. However, little is known about the growth rate of NTM in liquid broth media. We evaluated the differences in time to growth detection (TGD) of RGM and SGM in liquid broth media according to acid-fast stain. Among the 696 NTM isolates, 201 were RGM and 495 were SGM. In acid-fast bacilli (AFB)-negative specimens, the mean TGD was 133 h for RGM and 269 h for SGM (P < 0.001). In AFB-positive specimens, the mean TGD was 112 +/- 37 h for RCM and 155 +/- 125 h for SGM (P = 0.063). In the AFB-negative group, a cut-off value of 6 days was most effective for distinguishing SGM from RGM; however, in the AFB-positive group, an appropriate cutoff value was hard to define with TGD only. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- 0732-8893
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