Comparison of the MGIT 960, BACTEC 460 TB and solid media for isolation of Mycobacterium bovis in United States veterinary specimens

Table 3 Cross tabulation comparison of all specimens inoculated simultaneously on to both BACTEC and MIGIT media

^a Includes all cases tested using both MGIT 960 media and BACTEC 12B media.
^b Includes only cases where M. bovis was recovered, and both MGIT 960 media and BACTEC 12B media were used. There were 3 samples were M. bovis was recovered only on solid media.
^c Includes only cases where atypical mycobacteria were recovered, and both MGIT and BACTEC media was used. There were 21 samples where atypical mycobacteria were recovered on solid media only.

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