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ISOLATOR BLOOD CULTURES FOR ISOLATION OF MYCOBACTERIA   Add to my SOP compendium

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This document describes the procedure used by the Clinical Trials Unit at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center Biotechnology Laboratory to process Isolator tubes for mycobacteria isolation from blood. It also describes the process for calculating the number of colony forming units (CFUs) per mL of blood. It is a product of the Clinical Trials Unit at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center which is supported by the Duke Global Health Institute and is available for download at https://globalhealth.duke.edu/standard-operating-procedures-clinical-trials-sops.

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MIC.010 ISOLATORS.pdf [Size: 46 KB]
Biospecimens
  • Fluid - Blood
Diagnoses
  • AIDS/HIV-related
Topics
  • Biospecimen Processing

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