Detection of Brucella melitensis by the BacT/Alert automated system and Brucella broth culture
CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION, cilt.8, sa.11, ss.749-752, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 11
- Basım Tarihi: 2002
- Doi Numarası: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00471.x
- Dergi Adı: CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.749-752
- Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study was conducted to evaluate the ability of the BacT/Alert automated blood culture system to detect Brucella spp. in comparison with traditional Brucella broth culture. Overall, 100 ( 50 bone marrow and 50 blood samples) paired cultures were obtained, and 59 were positive by at least one method. The Brucella broth culture method detected all 59 positive cultures (100%), and the BacT/Alert system detected 30 (50.8%) (P < 0.05). The mean detection times for B. melitensis were 4.5 days in the BacT/Alert system and 5 days in Brucella broth culture (P > 0.05). There is no significant difference between the two methods with respect to growth time of the microorganism, but Brucella broth culture is more sensitive than the BacT/Alert system.