Evaluation of two commercially available media for detection of bacteremia.
Analysis of the results of 13,162 blood cultures during a 9-month interval has shown that Pseudomonas aeruginosa statistically was recovered more frequently from Trypticase soy broth (TSB) than from Thioglycollate-135C and that contaminants, including Staphylococcus epidermidis and aerobic and anaerobic Corynebacterium species, were isolated with statistically greater frequency from Thioglycollate-135C than from TSB. No other statistically significant differences were found.
D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003470:Culture Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013025:Glycine max; D013045:Species Specificity; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013864:Thioglycolates; D014357:Trypsin
D003470:Culture Media; D013864:Thioglycolates; D014357:Trypsin