title: A dramatic increase in the positive blood culture rates of Helicobacter cinaedi: the evidence of differential detection abilities between the Bactec and BacT/Alert systems.
abstract: In our hospital, positive blood culture rates of Helicobacter cinaedi dramatically increased after introducing the Bactec system. A simulated culture model of H. cinaedi bacteremia demonstrated no positive signals using the BacT/Alert system, despite efficient growth in bottles. Clinically suspected H. cinaedi bacteremia should be monitored more closely when using the BacT/Alert system, preferably with subcultivation after 7days of incubation.
authors: Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: Noriko
authors: N
authors: Miyake
authors: Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan. Electronic address: ychong@gj9.so-net.ne.jp.
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Chong
authors: Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: Ruriko
authors: R
authors: Nishida
authors: Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: Yoji
authors: Y
authors: Nagasaki
authors: Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: Yasushi
authors: Y
authors: Kibe
authors: Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: Makiko
authors: M
authors: Kiyosuke
authors: Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Shimomura
authors: Center for the Study of Global Infection, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: Nobuyuki
authors: N
authors: Shimono
authors: Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: Shinji
authors: S
authors: Shimoda
authors: Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Akashi
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
keywords: Bacteremia; Blood culture system; Helicobacter cinaedi