1.
Ann Biol Clin (Paris)
; 59(2): 193-7, 2001.
Article
in French
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11282524
Subject(s)
Bilirubin/blood , Blood Chemical Analysis/instrumentation , Blood Chemical Analysis/methods , Hemolysis , Multiphasic Screening/instrumentation , Multiphasic Screening/methods , Nephelometry and Turbidimetry/instrumentation , Nephelometry and Turbidimetry/methods , Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted , Automation , Bias , Blood Chemical Analysis/standards , Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic , Humans , Multiphasic Screening/standards , Nephelometry and Turbidimetry/standards , Sensitivity and Specificity
2.
Pathol Biol (Paris)
; 49(10): 799-807, 2001 Dec.
Article
in French
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11776690
ABSTRACT
An automated system for mycobacteria culture, BACTEC 9000 MB, was compared with Lowenstein Jensen culture. On a total of 4,484 pulmonary and extrapulmonary human clinical samples, 126 (2.8%) were positive for mycobacteria on Lowenstein Jensen (LJ) medium; 105 (2.34%) were identified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and 39 (1.10%) as non tuberculosis mycobacteria. The mean time of detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the 131 positive samples was reduced to approximately ten days with BACTEC 9000 MB compared to the LJ (17.6 versus 27.38 days). Through the results of this comparative study, we confirmed that BACTEC 9000 MB is a more efficient system than LJ for culture detection of all mycobacteria from various sites samples.
