During a 1-year study we observed that both aerobic and anaerobic blood culture bottles
from patients were negative by the BacT/Alert system during a 7-day incubation period …

Bottles developed for use in the BacT/Alert automated blood culture system (Organon
Teknika Corp., Durham, NC) can accept up to 10 ml of blood without falling below a 1: 5 ratio …

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 …

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 …

The BacT/Alert (Organon Teknika Corp., Durham, NC) is an automated blood culture system.
It is based on the detection of CO2 by means of a colorimetric sensor internally attached to …

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 …

To evaluate the advantages of agitation in reducing the detection time and increasing the
recovery rate of positive blood cultures, 1,000 three-bottle sets of tryptic soy broth on adult …

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 …

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

AIMS--To analyse a continuously monitoring blood culture system with respect to the time to
detection of various groups of organisms, their clinical importance, and the relative efficacy …