title: Comparison of BacT/Alert FAN and FAN Plus Bottles with Conventional Medium for Culturing Cerebrospinal Fluid.
abstract: We compared the BacT/Alert system FAN and FAN Plus media to conventional media for culturing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) with 2,545 samples. FAN/FAN Plus bottles showed better performance for isolating microorganisms in CSF than conventional media (positive rate, 7.2% [182/2,545] versus 3.1% [80/2,545]). The incremental recovery rate of Cryptococcus neoformans from FAN Plus bottles was higher than that from FAN bottles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: In Young
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sejong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Joon
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea pmhhj77@gmail.com micro.lee@samsung.com.
authors.forename: Hee Jae
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea pmhhj77@gmail.com micro.lee@samsung.com.
authors.forename: Nam Yong
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry*; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media