Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2003, p. 1266-1269, Vol. 41, No. 3
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1266-1269.2003
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Conventional and Molecular Methods for Verification of Results Obtained with BacT/Alert Nonvent Blood Culture Bottles
Elizabeth M. Marlowe,1* Linda Gibson,1 James Hogan,2 Shannon Kaplan,2 and David A. Bruckner1
Gen-Probe Incorporated, San Diego,2
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California1
Received 27 August 2002/
Returned for modification 16 November 2002/
Accepted 5 December 2002
A strategy comparing molecular and conventional methods for verification of the BacT/Alert nonvent blood culture bottles (Organon Teknika, Durham, N.C.) was performed with seeded isolates. The bottles were evaluated with 12 common organisms from bloodstream infections. Overall, the bottles were equivalent as determined by conventional and molecular methods.
* Corresponding author. Present address: Gen-Probe Incorporated, 10210 Genetic Center Dr., San Diego, CA 92121-4362. Phone: (858) 410-8692. Fax: (858) 410-8870. E-mail: bethm{at}gen-probe.com.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2003, p. 1266-1269, Vol. 41, No. 3
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1266-1269.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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