We collected and analyzed the time to detection (TTD) of blood cultures in the B ac T/A lert
automated system from 2002 to 2007. Among the 10,893 monomicrobial isolates from a total …

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 …

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 …

The publications in 1990s have indicated decreased recovery rates of obligate anaerobes
from blood cultures and have questioned the need for routine anaerobic blood culture …

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Identifying the pathogens present in blood stream infections is
crucial to initiate appropriate antimicrobial therapy and avoid morbidity and mortality. The …

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

Incubation periods of aerobic (AE) and anaerobic (AN) blood-culture bottles with the
BacT/Alert system were assessed in our laboratory. We reviewed the results of 6229 blood …

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 …