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Enhancing Effects of Carbon Dioxide on the Primary Isolation of Acid-Fast Bacilli in a Modified Lowenstein-Jensen Medium
Applied MicrobiologyPeer ReviewedHoward Gruft +11971Journals
Specimens inoculated on modified Lowenstein-Jensen medium were incubated aerobically and in an atmosphere of 8% CO2 . Sixteen per cent of the positive specimens grewMycobacterium tuberculosis only after incubation in CO2 .

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