title: Evaluation of a hypertonic sucrose medium for the detection of fungi in blood cultures.
abstract: A comparison was made between biphasic brain heart infusion medium without and with 15% sucrose in vented blood culture bottles. A higher recovery rate (P less than 0.01) of fungi was noted in the medium without sucrose.
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D006982:Hypertonic Solutions; D013395:Sucrose
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D006982:Hypertonic Solutions; D013395:Sucrose