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Comparative time to detection of growth in the MB/BacT system between the standard and Arkansas protocols with acid-fast bacillus-positive clinical samples
| M. avium clinical specimen | Time to detection (days)a
|
|
|---|---|---|
| MAS | ARK | |
| 1* | 19.9 | 9.0 |
| 2* | 15.6 | 9.5 |
| 3 | 16.7 | 20.2 |
| 4 | 11.3 | 14.0 |
| 5 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| 6 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| 7 | 9.7 | 14.7 |
MAS, standard protocol; ARK, Arkansas protocol. * denotes specimens which required redigestion and subsequent reincubation due to bacterial contamination.
