title: Controlled Evaluation of the New BacT/Alert Virtuo Blood Culture System for Detection and Time to Detection of Bacteria and Yeasts.
abstract: We compared the newly approved BacT/Alert Virtuo blood culture system to the BacT/Alert 3D system using 115 clinical bacterial and fungal isolates in 784 simulated blood culture bottles. The time to detection was reduced by roughly 20% in the Virtuo system (P< 0.0001) while the detection rate did not differ.
authors: Division of Clinical Microbiology F 72, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden Florida State University, College of Medicine, CoM Pediatric Residency Program, Tallahassee, Florida, USA osman.altun@ki.se.
authors: Osman
authors: O
authors: Altun
authors: Division of Clinical Microbiology F 72, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden King Abdul-Aziz University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Mohammed
authors: M
authors: Almuhayawi
authors: Division of Clinical Microbiology F 72, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: Petra
authors: P
authors: Lüthje
authors: Division of Clinical Microbiology F 72, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: Rubina
authors: R
authors: Taha
authors: Division of Clinical Microbiology F 72, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: Måns
authors: M
authors: Ullberg
authors: Division of Clinical Microbiology F 72, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: Volkan
authors: V
authors: Özenci
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000071997:Blood Culture / Q000379:methods*; D016469:Fungemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D015003:Yeasts / Q000302:isolation & purification*