"Tween egg medium" for isolating mycobacteria from sputum specimens.
Microbiol Immunol, 1979;23(9):833-8.
Tsukamura M, Toyama H, Fukaya Y
PMID: 119898
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Abstract
'Tween egg medium,' in which Tween 80 was used as a carbon source, showed a higher rate of positive cultures than Ogawa egg medium in isolation of mycobacteria from sputum specimens.
MeSH terms
Animals; Chickens; Culture Media; Eggs; Glycerol; Humans; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria; Polysorbates; Species Specificity; Sputum
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