COMPARISON OF BACT ALERT FAN MEDIUM WITH BACTEC NR660 PLUS 26A MEDIUM/

Authors
SNYDER JW LUDE SK
Citation
Jw. Snyder et Sk. Lude, COMPARISON OF BACT ALERT FAN MEDIUM WITH BACTEC NR660 PLUS 26A MEDIUM/, Journal of clinical microbiology, 34(5), 1996, pp. 1327-1329
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
34
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1327 - 1329
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1996)34:5<1327:COBAFM>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A total of 6,010 blood culture sets were obtained from adult patients with suspected bacteremia or fungemia. The overall recovery of organis ms was equivalent in the two systems used, BacT/Alert FAN medium and B ACTEC NR660 Plus 26A medium.