Transport and storage of sputum specimen by using cetylpyridinium chloride for isolation of mycobacteria

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 proces...

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Main Authors: Pal Nita, Sharma Babita, Malhotra Bharti, Rishi Suman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2009;volume=52;issue=1;spage=59;epage=61;aulast=Pal