RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Evaluation of ten commercial blood culture systems to isolate a pyridoxal-dependent streptococcus.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 930
OP 934
DO 10.1136/jcp.34.8.930
VO 34
IS 8
A1 G S Tillotson
YR 1981
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/8/930.abstract
AB This study evaluated the ability of ten commercial blood cultures to support the growth of a nutritional variant Streptococcus mitior (pyridoxal-dependent). The abilities of two established and two new agar formulations are also reported. The dependable isolation of a fastidious streptococcus can best be obtained with fastidious anaerobe broth (FAB) (Lab M Ltd, Ford Lane, Salford) for blood cultures in conjunction with one of the new media. FAB agar with the addition of heated blood was found to support the growth of pyridoxal-dependent Strep mitior and other fastidious organisms.