RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 More rapid identification of bacteraemia by manual rather than radiometric method.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 1146
OP 1149
DO 10.1136/jcp.38.10.1146
VO 38
IS 10
A1 L A Ganguli
A1 M G Keaney
A1 W A Hyde
A1 S B Fraser
YR 1985
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/38/10/1146.abstract
AB Results of blood culture examination using the radiometric (Bactec-460) system for one year showed no overall improvement compared with those of the previous three years when a manual system with early blind subculture was used. The isolates from the manual system were available more often on solid media, 24 hours earlier, than when the radiometric system was used. In a further study of 1100 blood cultures the radiometric medium was tested for growth index as well as being subcultured blindly, irrespective of growth index, on the first day. Thirty six out of 54 (67%) of the blood cultures were positive on subculture but negative for growth index at this time. The overall cost of the radiometric system is also considerably more than that of the manual system.