Detection of Campylobacter upsaliensis from a blood culture by using the BacT/Alert system.
Campylobacter upsaliensis was isolated from the blood of a 60-year-old female with hairy cell leukemia. This spiral-shaped organism was detected in the aerobic BacT/Alert bottle (Organon Teknika, Durham, N.C.) by acridine orange staining and was recovered only on chocolate agar in a microaerophilic atmosphere at 35 degrees C.
Carnahan
A M
AM
Department of Microbiology, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.
Beadling
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Watsky
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Ford
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D000165:Acridine Orange; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged
D003470:Culture Media; D000165:Acridine Orange