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12166303

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-8
pubmed:abstractText
Automated liquid culture systems, coupled with molecular techniques, have decreased the time required for culture, identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This audit assessed the turnaround times of a district general hospital (DGH), assisted by the reference laboratory, for processing samples for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A liquid culture system was in use. The hospital serves an area with a high prevalence of tuberculosis. Request forms and reference laboratory reports were examined for every new laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis in 2000. Time to result was taken as time from receipt of specimen in the laboratory to date of reporting by reference laboratory. Seventy-two new cases of tuberculosis were culture positive in 2000. Median time to identification was 21.5 days and to antibiotic susceptibility results was 35 days. With liquid culture systems, acceptable turnaround times for processing mycobacteria are achievable, but in many DGHs this equipment is not available.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1462-1843
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
147-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Audit of turnaround times for processing Mycobacterium tuberculosis specimens in a district general hospital.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology (PHLS Collaborating Centre), North Middlesex Hospital, Sterling Way, London N18 1QX. a.davies@rfc.ucl.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article