title: Clinical laboratory evaluation of the fifty-milliliter vacutainer blood culture tube.
abstract: The efficacy of the 50-ml vacutainer culture tube (Becton-Dickinson) for recovery of microorganisms from blood cultures was compared with laboratory-prepared blood culture media. The isolation of Bacteroides sp. was significantly higher in the 50-ml vacutainer culture tube whereas that of nonfermenting gram-negative rods and yeasts was higher in the in-house media. There was no significant difference in the recovery of all other organisms.
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D046508:Culture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media