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. 2008 Mar 21;74(10):3094–3098. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02009-07

TABLE 1.

Cultures positive for mycobacteria after concentration by filtration using different culture media after 1 and 6 weeks (n = 66)

Culture medium n Week 1
Final culture results
No. contaminated No. negative No. positive No. overgrown No. negative No. positive
7H10 18 1 5 12 0 2 16
7H11 18 0 5 13 1 0 17
LJ 18 2 16 0 0 1 17
MGIT 6 0 6 0 0 5 1
MGIT + PANTA 6 0 3 3 0 2 4