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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2015

Comparison of MGIT and Myco/F lytic liquid-based blood culture systems for recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from pleural fluid.

Elizabeth Harausz, John Kafuluma Lusiba, Mary Nsereko, John L Johnson, Zahra Toossi, Sam Ogwang, W Henry Boom, Moses L Joloba, Tuberculosis Research Unit (TBRU)

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Elizabeth HarauszDivision of Infectious Disease and HIV Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA eph29@case.edu.
John Kafuluma LusibaCollege of Health Sciences, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
Mary NserekoUganda-CWRU Research Collaboration, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
John L JohnsonUganda-CWRU Research Collaboration, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Zahra ToossiUganda-CWRU Research Collaboration, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Sam OgwangCollege of Health Sciences, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
W Henry BoomUganda-CWRU Research Collaboration, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Moses L JolobaCollege of Health Sciences, Makerere University and Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda Uganda-CWRU Research Collaboration, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Tuberculosis Research Unit (TBRU)

Funding

Tuberculosis Prevention Research Unit /TBRU/-266095383N01AI095383 · NIAID · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · 2000 to 2005
$5.6M
NIAID NIH HHS N01 AI095383NIAID NIH HHS N01-AI-95383
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The specificities and sensitivities of the Bactec mycobacterial growth indicator tube (MGIT) system for the recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from pleural fluid are not statistically different than those of the Myco/F lytic liquid culture system. The time to positivity is shorter in the MGIT system (12.7 versus 20.7 days, respectively; P=0.007). The Myco/F lytic culture system may be an alternative to the MGIT system for diagnosing pleural tuberculosis.

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Bacteriological TechniquesHumansMycobacterium tuberculosisPleural EffusionSensitivity and SpecificityTuberculosis, Pulmonary

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PMID25653400
PMCPMC4365240

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