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A Note on Positive BACTEC Readings Produced by Mycoplasma
Author(s) -
CARSKI T. R.,
BROMAN R. L.,
GIUDICE R. A. DEL
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1981.tb00906.x
Subject(s) - mycoplasma , microbiology and biotechnology , reading (process) , biology , medicine , philosophy , linguistics
Five of nine mycoplasma strains tested were associated with a positive radiometric reading, suggesting that Mycoplasma spp. should be considered during the subculturing of clinical materials found positive upon screening by the BACTEC system