Comparison of Du Pont Isolator and Roche Septi-Chek for detection of fungemia
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Comparison of BACTEC 13A medium and Du Pont isolator for detection of mycobacteremia.
BACTEC 13A medium (Johnston Laboratories, Towson, Md.) was compared with Isolator (Du Pont Co., Wilmington, Del.) concentrate for sensitivity, speed, and technical ease of isolation of mycobacteria from paired patient blood samples. Of 72 positive cultures, 63 were positive by both systems. Five positive cultures were detected by BACTEC 13A medium alone, and four were detected by Isolator alone...
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AND EXPLANATION Blood culture is one of the most important and critical procedures performed in the microbiology laboratory. Since blood is normally sterile, the isolation and identification of an organism has great diagnostic significance. Blood cultures are of great importance in diagnosing such conditions as endocarditis, typhoid fever, pneumonia and other diseases characterized by bacteremi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.25.9.1623-1625.1987