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From: Surveillance cultures of samples obtained from biopsy channels and automated endoscope reprocessors after high-level disinfection of gastrointestinal endoscopes

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Cultures of rinse samples from GI endoscopes. Samples were obtained by flushing 50 ml sterile distilled water through the biopsy channel under highly aseptic conditions. The flushed fluid was collected in a sterile container and plated onto blood agar and MacConkey agar plates and inoculated into Lowenstein–Jensen medium.

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BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

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