Pesquisa de infecção micobacteriana em hemoculturas de doentes com SIDA, usando o sistema BACTEC 460TB

Translated title of the contribution: Research of mycobacterial infection in blood cultures of AIDS patients, using the BACTEC 460TB system

Emília Prieto, Teresa Pacheco, Miguel Viveiros, Rosário Bettencourt, Laura Brum, Filomena Exposto

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Abstract

This study evaluates the prevalency of hematogenous dissemination of mycobacteria in 811 AIDS patients. One blood or bone marrow sample was collected for direct inoculation of the BACTEC 13A radiometric broth (Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument Systems, Towson, USA). There were 7,3%. positive cultures (59 patients) with 11 (1,4%) Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare isolates and 39 (5%) Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from which 11 (31,4%) were multidrug-resistant strains.
Translated title of the contributionResearch of mycobacterial infection in blood cultures of AIDS patients, using the BACTEC 460TB system
Original languagePortuguese
Pages (from-to)403-407
Number of pages5
JournalRevista Portuguesa de Pneumologia
VolumeVol. 2
Issue numbern.º 6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1996

Keywords

  • Mycobacteria
  • Blood culture
  • Rodiometric-detection
  • AIDS

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