title: Failure of Campylobacter pylori to grow in commercial blood culture systems.
abstract: Of 50 blood culture sets, 20 Bacto (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.), 20 Septi-Chek (Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Nutley, N.J.), and 10 BACTEC 6B and 7D (Johnston Laboratories, Inc., Towson, Md.) sets were inoculated with Campylobacter pylori and fresh human blood. None of the 50 blood cultures produced any detectable growth. Current commercial blood culture systems may be inadequate for the detection of C. pylori bacteremia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Marshall University School of Medicine, VA Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia 25701-5490.
authors.forename: T U
authors.initials: TU
authors.lastname: Westblom
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Madan
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Midkiff
authors.forename: V W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Adkins
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Subik
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000254:growth & development*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media