title: Effect of sodium polyanethol sulfonate in blood cultures.
abstract: Fifteen-hundred hospital blood cultures were made in duplicate, with and without 0.05% sodium polyanethol sulfonate in the broth medium. A significantly higher rate and speed of recovery of both gram-positive cocci and gram-negative bacilli was accomplished in sodium polyanethol sulfonate broth. The effect was independent of the content of 0.1% agar in the growth medium. In the cases of Neisseria meningitidis septicemia examined, however, a detrimental result on recoveries was observed. The addition of sodium polyanethol sulfonate also resulted in an increased frequency of recoveries of contaminating organisms.
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001557:Benzenesulfonates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D046508:Culture Techniques; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011108:Polymers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D011108:Polymers