Forty-four Mycobacterium-spp. were isolated in 33 patients from an infectious diseases ward. All patients were HIV-positive and most of them were drug-abusers. M. avium-intracellulare was the most common type of MOTT (Mycobacteria other than tuberculosis) detected and the only microorganism isolated in patients with mycobacteriaemia. The radiometric method performed by the Bactec system enhanced the isolation rate of mycobacteria, especially from the bloodstream. The Gen-probe DNA hybridization system proved to be rapid diagnostic tool for the identification of strains.

Rapid detection of mycobacteria by combining a radiometric detection system with DNA probes / Mascellino, Maria Teresa; Rossi, Flora; Iegri, Franco; E., Iona. - In: NEW MICROBIOLOGICA. - ISSN 1121-7138. - STAMPA. - 17:3(1994), pp. 249-253.

Rapid detection of mycobacteria by combining a radiometric detection system with DNA probes.

MASCELLINO, Maria Teresa;ROSSI, Flora;IEGRI, Franco;
1994

Abstract

Forty-four Mycobacterium-spp. were isolated in 33 patients from an infectious diseases ward. All patients were HIV-positive and most of them were drug-abusers. M. avium-intracellulare was the most common type of MOTT (Mycobacteria other than tuberculosis) detected and the only microorganism isolated in patients with mycobacteriaemia. The radiometric method performed by the Bactec system enhanced the isolation rate of mycobacteria, especially from the bloodstream. The Gen-probe DNA hybridization system proved to be rapid diagnostic tool for the identification of strains.
1994
DNA Probes; HIV Seropositivity; complications/microbiology; Humans; Mycobacterium Infections; complications/diagnosis; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Radiometry; Reagent Kits; Diagnostic; Species Specificity
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Rapid detection of mycobacteria by combining a radiometric detection system with DNA probes / Mascellino, Maria Teresa; Rossi, Flora; Iegri, Franco; E., Iona. - In: NEW MICROBIOLOGICA. - ISSN 1121-7138. - STAMPA. - 17:3(1994), pp. 249-253.
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