title: Conventional and molecular methods for verification of results obtained with BacT/Alert Nonvent blood culture bottles.
abstract: A strategy comparing molecular and conventional methods for verification of the BacT/Alert nonvent blood culture bottles (Organon Teknika, Durham, N.C.) was performed with seeded isolates. The bottles were evaluated with 12 common organisms from bloodstream infections. Overall, the bottles were equivalent as determined by conventional and molecular methods.
authors.affiliation: Gen-Probe Incorporated, San Diego. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 92121-4362, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Marlowe
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bruckner
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic