DETECTION OF FUNGEMIA FROM BLOOD CULTURES USING THE BACTEC-9240 INSTRUMENT

Authors
SIEMANN M RABENHORST G
Citation
M. Siemann et G. Rabenhorst, DETECTION OF FUNGEMIA FROM BLOOD CULTURES USING THE BACTEC-9240 INSTRUMENT, Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, 287(1-2), 1998, pp. 53-59
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
09348840
Volume
287
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
53 - 59
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-8840(1998)287:1-2<53:DOFFBC>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
From January 1995 to November 1996, 14623 rein-containing blood cultur e vials were tested with the BACTEC fluorescent series instrument. A t otal of 1560 microorganisms were recovered. 48 of the microorganisms w ere fungi. We could demonstrate the ability of the BACTEC 9240 to dete ct cases of fungaemia with Candida species and moulds such as Aspergil lus fumigatus (4 cases) and Fusarium solani (1 case).