title: Controlled evaluation of Bactec Peds Plus/F and Bactec lytic/10 anaerobic/F media for isolation of Salmonella enterica serovars typhi and paratyphi A from blood.
abstract: We compared anaerobic lytic (AL) and pediatric aerobic resin-containing (Peds Plus/F) blood culture media for the isolation of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi or Paratyphi A from children. The yields from AL and Peds Plus/F media were the same with equal volumes of blood, but recovery was faster from AL medium than Peds Plus/F medium (10.7 and 16.4 h, respectively) (P < 0.001).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. mreller1@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Megan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Reller
authors.forename: Anita K M
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Zaidi
authors.forename: Shazia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sultana
authors.forename: Shazia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azeem
authors.forename: Beenish
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hanif
authors.forename: Shahida
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: Rumina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: Zulfiqar
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bhutta
authors.forename: Rehana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akhter
authors.forename: Donald A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Goldmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000332:Aerobiosis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012482:Salmonella paratyphi A / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media