ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology1994
Comparison of BACTEC Plus 26 and 27 media with and without fastidious organism supplement with conventional methods for culture of sterile body fluids.
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- Pseudo-outbreak of Klebsiella oxytoca spontaneous bacterial peritonitis attributed to contamination of multidose vials of culture medium supplement.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2014Article
- Sample taking during orthopedic surgery: sensitivity and specificity using the BACTEC blood culture system.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2012Article
- The additional value of blood culture bottles in the diagnosis of endophthalmitis.Eye (London, England) · 2011Article
- [Improving the diagnosis of septic arthritis by use of a pediatric blood culture system].Der Orthopade · 2006Article
- Sensitivity and rapidity of blood culture bottles in the detection of cornea organ culture media contamination by bacteria and fungi.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2002Article
- Culture with BACTEC Peds Plus/F bottle compared with conventional methods for detection of bacteria in synovial fluid.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2001Article
- Use of the BacT/Alert blood culture system for culture of sterile body fluids other than blood.Journal of clinical microbiology · 1998Article
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Abstract
We compared the BACTEC Plus 26/27 culture system (Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument Systems, Sparks, Md.) with and without fastidious organism supplement with conventional centrifugation preparation and plating for the recovery and speed of detection of microorganisms. A total of 1,101 sterile body fluid specimens were collected and processed at five hospital laboratories, yielding 234 (21%) positive cultures. Of the 176 isolates considered clinically significant, 133 (76%) were recovered by both the BACTEC system and conventional culture, while 28 (16% [P < 0.005]) were recovered by BACTEC only and 11 (6%) were recovered by conventional culture alone. There were no statistically significant differences in the speed of detection of microbial growth. It was found that BACTEC, with or without the addition of fastidious organism supplement, exhibited improved sensitivity for the recovery of microorganisms, including fastidious bacteria.
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