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J Clin Pathol 54:803-805

Improved cultural detection of Burkholderia cepacia from sputum in patients with cystic fibrosis

Table 2

Contaminants isolated on MAST and BCSA media

Contaminating organisms identified No. isolates identified on MAST medium No. isolates identified on BCSA medium
BCSA, Burkholderia cepacea selective agar.
Pseudomonas spp 5 4
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 5 0
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 1 0
Alcaligenes xylosoxidans 4 1
Flavobacterium indologenes 1 5
Aeromonas sp 1 1
Staphylococcus sp 1 0
Yeast 9 0
Aspergillus fumigatus 1 2
Total 28 13

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