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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2000, p. 3827-3829, Vol. 38, No. 10
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Performance of Five Agar Media for Recovery of Fungi from Isolator Blood Cultures

G. W. Procop,1,* F. R. Cockerill III,2 E. A. Vetter,2 W. S. Harmsen,3 J. G. Hughes,2 and G. D. Roberts2

Department of Clinical Pathology, Section of Clinical Microbiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195,1 and Departments of Clinical Microbiology2 and Biostatistics,3 Mayo Clinic Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905

Received 10 March 2000/Returned for modification 5 May 2000/Accepted 31 July 2000

We studied the recovery of 1,270 fungal isolates from 176,144 Isolator blood cultures (0.72% positive) on bacterial and fungal media, under routine and differing incubation conditions. Except with Histoplasma capsulatum, chocolate agar incubated for only 3 days proved to be an excellent medium for the recovery of fungi from the Isolator system.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Cleveland Clinic Foundation/L40, 9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44195. Phone: (216) 444-5879. Fax: (216) 445-6984. E-mail: procopg{at}cesmtp.ccf.org.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2000, p. 3827-3829, Vol. 38, No. 10
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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