title: Validation of performance of plastic versus glass bottles for culturing anaerobes from blood in BacT/ALERT SN medium.
abstract: To validate performance, we compared the new plastic BacT/ALERT (bioMérieux, Durham, NC) SN bottle to the current glass SN bottle with samples of blood obtained for culture from adults and found them comparable for both recovery and speed of detection of microorganisms. We conclude that the safety advantage of plastic bottles can be achieved without compromising performance.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, 116 CARL Bldg., Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Stanley.Mirrett@duke.edu
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mirrett
authors.forename: Maria J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Joyce
authors.forename: L Barth
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Reller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D010969:Plastics
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D010969:Plastics