Could a Step in the Isolation of Mycobacteria from Sputum Samples be Eliminated by New Decontamination Kits? | Zendy

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Could a Step in the Isolation of Mycobacteria from Sputum Samples be Eliminated by New Decontamination Kits?

Author(s) -

Engin Karakeçe,

Hüseyin Agah Terzi,

İhsan Hakkı Çiftçi

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

polish journal of microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.312

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 2544-4646

pISSN - 1733-1331

DOI - 10.33073/pjm-2014-050

Subject(s) - sputum , human decontamination , homogenization (climate) , isolation (microbiology) , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biology , tuberculosis , pathology , biodiversity , ecology

The efficacy of two mycobacterial homogenization, decontamination and concentration kits, Mycoprosafe and Decomics, were compared. A total of 146 sputum samples were examined in this study; 46 (31.5%) mycobacterial isolates were recovered with Mycoprosafe, while 39 (26.7%) mycobacterial isolates were recovered with Decomics. These results, although very preliminary, indicate that Mycoprosafe and Decomics are similar in terms of ease of use and price. However, Decomics offers several advantages, including the need for less equipment, a more rapid detection time, and an easy shipping process; thus, pre-processing can be done anywhere.

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