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Sterilization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Erdman Samples by Antimicrobial Fixation in a Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: Incomplete sterilization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Erdman cultures followed 1 h of incubation in low concentrations of glutaraldehyde (0.5 and 1.0%) or azide. In contrast, 2.5% glutaraldehyde, paraformaldehyde (2 or 4%), Vesphine IIse or 5% formalin sterilized these samples after 1 h. These results suggest caution in removing fixed M. tuberculosis samples from biosafety level 3.

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.39.2.769-771.2001

Authors: J. Reid Schwebach, William R. Jacobs, Arturo Casadevall

Institutions: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Language: English

Topic: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases