The most common isolates from pleural infections.

Isolation and identification of the pathogens are important for appropriate treatment of pleural infections. Distribution of the most frequent causative agents varies throughout the world and may change in time.The objective of the study is to analyze the bacteriological isolates of pleural fluids in order to identify the most frequent infectious agents and assess their variability in time.

Use of immunochromatographic assay for rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from liquid culture.

A new, simple immunochromatographic assay for rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in liquid cultures has been developed. The principle of the assay is binding of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigen to the monoclonal antibody conjugated on the test strip. The aim of this study is evaluation of the performance of immunochromatographic assay in identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in primary positive liquid cultures of BacT/Alert automated system.

[Microbiological diagnosis of tuberculosis in Serbia in the period 2001-2003].

Introduction: The National tuberculosis Reference Laboratory (NTRL) and the National TB Laboratory Network in Serbia, provided data on drug susceptibility profiles of M. tuberculosis, incidence of TB among laboratory workers and on protective measures.

Material And Methods: The TB laboratory network in Serbia comprises 46 laboratories.