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Journal of Infectious Diseases and Treatment
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Clinical Pathology
and Epidemiology
F e b r u a r y 2 7 - 2 8 , 2 0 1 9
P r a g u e , C z e c h R e p u b l i c
Clinical Pathology & Epidemiology 2019
Aim:
In this study, we aimed to compare aerobic and anaerobic BacTec Plus blood culture bottles containing Resin and BacT/Alert
Plus blood culture media containing polymeric beads in terms of microorganism detection rates and time to detection in septic
patients receiving antibiotic therapy.
Material and Methods:
Blood culture samples were taken from the patients who are under antibiotic therapy in the intensive care
unit (ICU). The samples were equally inoculated on Bactec Plus aerobic (BA), Bactec Plus anaerobic (BN), BacT/Alert Plus aerobic
(FA Plus) and BacT/Alert Plus anaerobic (FN Plus) culture media. Bactec Plus and BacT/Alert Plus media were compared in terms
of culture positivity rates and isolation durations.
Results:
Bacterial or fungal isolates of 176 (3.92%), 144 (3.21%), 154 (3.43%) and 126 (2.81%) were detected in the total of 4480
BA, BN, FA Plus and FN Plus blood culture bottles analyzed respectively. Microorganism growth rate was higher in Bactec (BA and
BN) culture bottles compared to those in the BacT/Alert (FA Plus and FN Plus) culture bottles. In Bactec Plus culture media, time
to detection was found lower than that of BacT/Alert Plus culture media.
Conclusion:
The results of this study showed that resin-containing media is a reliable and time-saving tool for patients who are
receiving antibiotic treatment due to sepsis in the ICU.
recepkesli@gmail.comComparison of Bactec Plus blood culture media to
BacT/Alert FAN Plus blood culture media for iden-
tification of bacterial pathogens in clinical sam-
ples containing antibiotics
Recep Kesli
1
, Huseyin Bilgin
2
and Zumrut Ela Arslan Kasdogan
3
1
Selcuk University, Turkey
2
Uludag University, Turkey
3
Saglık Bilimleri University, Turkey
J Infec Dis Treat 2019, Volume: 5
DOI: 10.21767/2472-1093-C1-009