Performance of OMNIgene •SPUTUM (DNA Genotek) and cetylpyridinium chloride for sputum storage prior to mycobacterial culture.

CONCLUSION: Culture from sputum stored for 8 days at room temperature in OMNI or CPC gave comparable culture positivity rates to culture from fresh sputum, but after 28 days of storage the performance of OMNI decreased significantly compared to CPC. PMID: 29717969 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29717969?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - May 2, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Affolabi D, Sanoussi N, Sossou A, Nys T, Bodi O, Esse M, Houeto S, Massou F, de Jong BC, Rigouts L Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research

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