We studied the performance characteristics of two blood culture (BC) bottles/systems,(i)
BacT/ALERT-FN Plus/3D (bioMérieux, Marcy l'Étoile, France) and (ii) BACTEC-Lytic/9000 …

The Difco ESP and Organon Teknika BacT/Alert (BTA) systems were evaluated in a clinical
study of 5,421 aerobic and 5,035 anaerobic blood cultures. Of 405 clinically significant …

In a controlled clinical comparison, three commercial blood culture systems–the standard
aerobic BacT/Alert bottle (STD), the aerobic BacT/Alert FAN bottle (FAN) and the Isolator …

ABSTRACT A 20-ml blood sample was collected from adult patients with suspected
bloodstream infections and distributed equally into the four volume-controlled bottles of a …

FAN medium was formulated to improve microbial recovery, particularly for fastidious
microorganisms and for microorganisms causing sepsis in patients receiving antimicrobial …

Blood culture is the most valuable laboratory test for the diagnosis of bacteremia and sepsis.
The BACTEC FX and BacT/Alert 3D automated blood culture systems are commonly used in …

A new medium, FAN, designed to enhance the recovery of microorganisms, has been
developed for the BacT/Alert blood culture system (Organon Teknika Corp., Durham, NC) …

ABSTRACT Using the BacT/Alert automated system, we conducted a 1-year retrospective
study on blood cultures, focusing on the relevance of routine use of the anaerobic bottle. The …

ABSTRACT The current BacT/Alert standard aerobic (VA) blood culture bottle was
redesigned and designated a nonvented aerobic (NVA) culture bottle; this bottle does not …

A total of 7,190 blood culture sets were obtained from adult patients with a suspected
bloodstream infection. A 20-ml sample of blood was distributed equally between the aerobic …