THE APPLICATION OF BACTERIOPHAGES TO THE STUDY OF ACID-FAST MICROORGANISMS FROM TUBERCULOUS PATIENTS
- 1 February 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Microbiology
- Vol. 2 (1) , 39-44
- https://doi.org/10.1139/m56-006
Abstract
The bacteriophage pattern of 24 classified acid-fast microorganisms is presented and compared to that of a group of unclassified mycobacteria isolated from tuberculous patients. Of 33 unclassified acid-fast cultures studied 24 (73%) were typed satisfactorily; these comprised 93% of the cultures isolated from gastric lavage, 75% of those isolated from urine, and 29% from sputum. The majority of these fell into a Mycobacterium smegmatis phage pattern.Keywords
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