Affiliation:
1. Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital “Princeps d'Espanya,” Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge, 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain,1 and
2. Cap de Drassanes, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain2
Abstract
ABSTRACT
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.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Cited by
55 articles.
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