title: Use of BACTEC 9240 blood culture system for detection of Brucella melitensis in synovial fluid.
abstract: Synovial fluid specimens aspirated from patients with arthritis were inoculated into an aerobic Peds Plus blood culture bottle and monitored by the BACTEC 9240 instrument for 4 weeks. A total of 1,072 synovial fluid cultures were processed, and 15 (0.14%) were positive for Brucella melitensis. A single culture, harboring 1.3 CFU of viable organisms per ml, was missed by the instrument. All 14 positive BACTEC cultures were detected within 3 to 7 days.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. yagupsky@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yagupsky
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Peled
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Press
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000332:Aerobiosis; D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D001769:Blood; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007719:Knee Joint; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*