The Recovery of Mycobacterium avium Complex and Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Blood Specimens of AIDS Patients Using the Nonradiometric BACTEC NR 660 Medium
Motyl M, Saltzman B, Levi M, Mckitrick J, Friedland G, Klein R. The Recovery of Mycobacterium avium Complex and Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Blood Specimens of AIDS Patients Using the Nonradiometric BACTEC NR 660 Medium. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 1990, 94: 84-86. PMID: 2113765, DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/94.1.84.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAIDS patientsMycobacterium avium complexAvium complexBlood culturesMycobacterial mediaM. tuberculosisMycobacterium tuberculosisFemale AIDS patientsAcid-fast stainAliquots of mediumM. avium complexMale patientsFast stainBlood specimensPositive culturesBlood culture mediaPatientsTuberculosisMicrobiology laboratoryMycobacterial growthSignificant differencesMycobacteriaReference strainsPercentBacteremia