Evaluation of decontamination methods and growth media for primary isolation of mycobacterium ulcerans from surgical specimens
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2004
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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We evaluated four decontamination methods and one nondecontamination procedure in combination with four egg-based media for the primary isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans from tissue specimens. With mycobacterial recovery and contamination rates of 75.6 and 2.4%, respectively, the combination of the oxalic acid decontamination method with Lowenstein-Jensen medium supplemented with glycerol yielded the best results
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Yeboah-Manu, D., Bodmer, T., Mensah-Quainoo, E., Owusu, S., Ofori-Adjei, D., & Pluschke, G. (2004). Evaluation of decontamination methods and growth media for primary isolation of mycobacterium ulcerans from surgical specimens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 42(12), 5875-5876.