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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1988 July; 54(7): 1756-1760

Efficacy of chemical dosing methods for isolating nontuberculous mycobacteria from water supplies of dialysis centers.

Nosocomial Infections Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

ABSTRACT

Investigations of nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) infections associated with various environmental sources have been hampered by the lack of adequate techniques for selective isolation of these organisms from environmental fluids. This study compared chemical dosing techniques for recovery of NTM from water samples collected from 115 randomly selected dialysis centers. Cell suspensions of NTM group II and IV isolates and gram-negative bacteria were exposed to solutions containing sodium hypochlorite (0.2 micrograms/ml of free available chlorine), formaldehyde (1, 0.75, or 0.5%), oxalic acid (1.25%), cetylpyridinium chloride (25 micrograms/ml), or cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (100 micrograms/ml). Results of standard membrane filtration assays with laboratory test strains and water samples from dialysis centers showed that 5 min of exposure to 1% formaldehyde effectively reduced gram-negative bacterial populations and allowed increased recovery of NTM in environmental fluids containing mixed microbial populations.

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