Fig. 1
From: Chlorhexidine decontamination of sputum for culturing Mycobacterium tuberculosis
An illustration of the number of mycobacteria colonies developed on Coletsos medium after decontamination by 0.7 %-chlorhexidine or NALC-NaOH (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 represent M. tuberculosis isolates, 7 and 8 represent M. bolletii isolates)