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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Sep 1997, 2417-2418, Vol 35, No. 9
Copyright © 1997 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Diagnosis of brucellosis by using blood cultures

J Ruiz, I Lorente, J Perez, E Simarro and L Martinez-Campos
Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. micro@isid.es

The performances of three blood culture systems, Hemoline performance diphasic medium (bioMerieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France), Bactec Plus Aerobic/F* (Becton Dickinson, Paramus, N.J.), and Vital Aer (bioMerieux), were compared for the diagnosis of 17 cases of brucellosis. By using a 5-day incubation protocol, positive results were 52.9, 82.4, and 11.8%, respectively. When the protocol was extended to 7 days, the results were 76.5, 94.1, and 47.1%, respectively. Bactec was the fastest system (P < 0.05).


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