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15138931

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-12
pubmed:abstractText
It is generally accepted that the risk of contracting tuberculosis is relatively high among medical laboratory workers and pathologists. Nevertheless, there is an assumption that once tissue is fixed in formalin, the risk for transmission and subsequent infection of mycobacteria is greatly reduced, if not altogether eliminated. To test the viability of potentially infectious mycobacteria in formalin-fixed tissue, tissue specimens from autopsy lungs fixed in formalin were cultured for mycobacteria. Of 138 cases with histologic evidence of acid-fast bacilli, 12 grew mycobacteria, including 3 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, suggesting that there is a risk of contracting tuberculosis from tissue that has been fixed in formalin, if aerosolization or accidental inoculation should occur.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0046-8177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
571-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Viability of mycobacteria in formalin-fixed lungs.
pubmed:affiliation
National Centre for Occupational Health, Johannesburg, South Africa.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article