Two Kinds of Culture Methods for the Early Detection of the Tubercle Bacilli : First Report. Cultivation from Sputa

Abstract

By means of those two kinds of culture methods as described above, namely, "the slide culture method in the moist chamber" and "the culture method in the centrifuge tubes", the detection of the tubercle bacilli from sputa showing none of bacilli through the staining method was possible already after two or three days (2,2 days on an average) of incubation. The authors wish to extend grateful acknowledgments to the Ministry of Education for a grant in aid of this work.