title: Direct bacterial identification from positive BacT/Alert blood cultures using MicroScan overnight and rapid panels.
abstract: Studies were conducted on a method of direct inoculation of MicroScan overnight and rapid panels from positive BacT/Alert blood culture bottles containing standard aerobic media to determine the correlation with inoculation of the corresponding panels with a standardized bacterial suspension obtained following subculture to agar. For Gram-negative organisms, 122 of 127 (96%) overnight panels and 85 of 118 (72%) rapid panels showed complete agreement with the standard method for species identification. Highest concordance (99%) occurred with Enterobacteriaceae inoculated directly into overnight panels. For Gram-positive organisms, 70 of 85 (82%) overnight panels and 45 of 86 (52%) rapid panels showed complete agreement. These findings suggest that direct inoculation of Gram-negative overnight MicroScan panels yields results most comparable to standard methods when Enterobacteriaceae are detected and allows reporting of results 18 to 24 h sooner. Direct inoculation of Gram-positive overnight or rapid panels and Gram-negative rapid panels from this blood culture medium did not yield acceptable identification results and is not recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35233, USA.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Waites
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Brookings
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Zimmer
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D003470:Culture Media; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000592:standards; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011786:Quality Control; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media