Transport and storage of sputum specimen by using cetylpyridinium chloride for isolation of mycobacteria.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
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2009 Jan-Mar; 52(1): 59-61
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in English
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| ID: sea-73432
ABSTRACT
Of the 191 sputum specimens that were collected from pulmonary tuberculosis patients, 78.65% (140/178) specimens were culture positive when processed within 48 h by the NaOH method. The culture positivity in the same specimen that were stored with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and processed after 7-8 days was 70.22% (125/178), whereas those stored without CPC and processed by the NaOH method was 46.62% (83/178). The difference in number of positive cultures obtained before storage and after storage (without CPC) was statistically significant (P = 0.001). Culture positivity by the CPC method was comparable with that of NaOH method before storage and the difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.35).
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Specimen Handling
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Sputum
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Humans
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Cetylpyridinium
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Microbial Viability
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Anti-Infective Agents
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Mycobacterium
Type of study:
Evaluation studies
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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