Open AccessThe threat of persistent bacteria and fungi contamination in tuberculosis sputum cultures
Author(s) -
Grace Muzanyi,
Peace Aber,
Bonny Wamuntu,
Joseph Akol,
Joanita Nassali
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
african health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1729-0503
pISSN - 1680-6905
DOI - 10.4314/ahs.v21i2.18
Subject(s) - sputum , tuberculosis , medicine , contamination , sputum culture , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , agar , agar plate , microbiological culture , colony forming unit , biology , pathology , ecology , genetics
Tuberculosis (TB) sputum culture contaminants make it difficult to obtain pure TB isolates.We aimed to study and identify persistent TB sputum culture contaminants post the standard laboratory pre-culture sample decontamination techniques.