The BD BACTEC FX blood culture system with the gentlemacs dissociator is suitable for sterility testing of heart valve and vascular allografts—A validation study

Author(s):  
Ramadan Jashari ◽  
Sarah Vanzeebroeck ◽  
Pieter Petit ◽  
Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos ◽  
Sharon Zahra ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 942-946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moshe Sagi ◽  
Lior Nesher ◽  
Pablo Yagupsky

ABSTRACTThe performance of the Bactec FX blood culture system for detectingBrucellabacteremia within the routine 1-week incubation period was assessed in a prospective study conducted in an area in southern Israel in whichBrucella melitensisis endemic. Aerobic vials (BD Bactec Plus Aerobic/F medium) inoculated with blood specimens obtained from adult patients with positive Rose-Bengal screening test results were monitored for 4 consecutive weeks, and blind subcultures of negative vials were performed on solid media on days 7 and 28. During a 16-month period, a total of 31 (35.2%) of 88 cultures, obtained from 19 (38.0%) of 50 patients, were positive forBrucella melitensis. The blood culture instrument identified 30 (96.8%) of 31 positive vials within 7 days of incubation; the single positive vial that was missed by the automated readings was detected only by the blind subculture performed on day 28. It is concluded that the Bactec FX system is able to detect the vast majority of episodes ofBrucellabacteremia within the 1-week incubation protocol instituted in most clinical microbiology laboratories and without the need to perform blind subcultures of negative vials, enabling early diagnosis and saving labor and incubation time and space.


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