A NEW AND RAPID METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION AND CULTIVATION OF TUBERCLE BACILLI DIRECTLY FROM THE SPUTUM AND FECES.

摘要: Sixty-nine positive cultures were obtained from sixty-nine specimens of sputum practically all stages tuberculosis. Six these negative by direct microscopic examination, but the gave findings. These six have been for tubercle bacilli at some time. Nineteen isolated thirty-two feces. All specimens, upon microscopical findings, showing only a few bacilli. not free contaminating organisms, and remaining seven negative. The method presented in this paper has proved very simple accurate isolation sputum. partial success isolating feces may be due to fact that many dead.