title: Unsuitability of blood culture media containing sodium polyanetholesulfonate for the detection of fastidious microorganism in CSF and other blood-free body fluids.
abstract: The suitability of well known conventional blood culture media for the detection of microorganisms in CSF and other blood-free body fluids has been tested. It was demonstrated that such media are unsuitable for the cultivation of fastidious and/or anticoagulant-sensitive microorganisms which are frequently isolated from CSF and other blood-free body-fluids. On the contrary, the recently-developed MOPS electrolyte broth A which proved to be a suitable cultivation and back-up medium for aerobic and facultative anaerobic microorganisms in CSF and other blood-free body fluids is not suitable for the detection of microorganisms in blood, because it is free of anticoagulants.
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001769:Blood; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000382:microbiology*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D011074:Polyanetholesulfonate; D013045:Species Specificity; D015003:Yeasts / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D011074:Polyanetholesulfonate