Clinical comparison of lysis-centrifugation and radiometric resin systems for blood culture Journal Article


Authors: Brannon, P.; Kiehn, T. E.
Article Title: Clinical comparison of lysis-centrifugation and radiometric resin systems for blood culture
Abstract: The Isolator 10 lysis-centrifugation blood culture system (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Del.) and the BACTEC 16B-17D radiometric resin system (Johnson Laboratories, Inc., Towson, Md.) both remove antimicrobial agents from the blood for culture. We compared these two systems for recovery of aerobic bacteria, facultatively anaerobic bacteria, and yeasts. A total of 5,000 blood cultures yielded 467 clinically significant isolates. Both systems recovered 350 (75%) organisms, 56 (12%) were detected by Isolator only, and 61 (13%) were detected by BACTEC resin bottles only. No group of organisms was isolated significantly more often from either system.
Keywords: major clinical study; methodology; bacteria (microorganisms); diagnosis; yeast; technique; fungus; fungi; blood culture; human; priority journal; article; anaerobic bacterium; aerobic bacterium; blood and hemopoietic system
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume: 24
Issue: 5
ISSN: 0095-1137
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology  
Date Published: 1986-11-01
Start Page: 886
End Page: 887
Language: English
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.24.5.886-887.1986
PUBMED: 3533992
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC269055
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 18 August 2021 -- Source: Scopus
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