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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2000, p. 892-894, Vol. 38, No. 2
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Survival of Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria in Purulent Clinical Specimens Maintained in the Copan Venturi Transystem and Becton Dickinson Port-a-Cul Transport Systems

Diane M. Citron,1,* Yumi A. Warren,1 Marie K. Hudspeth,1 and Ellie J. C. Goldstein1,2

R. M. Alden Research Laboratory, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica,1 and UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles,2 California

Received 19 July 1999/Returned for modification 15 September 1999/Accepted 18 November 1999

Recovery of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria from clinical specimens maintained in the Copan Venturi Transystem and the Becton Dickinson Port-a-Cul transport was assessed. Of 54 anaerobes, 53 were recovered after 4 h, and 52 were recovered after 24 h, from both systems. After 48 h, 45 and 50 were recovered from the two systems, respectively.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: R. M. Alden Research Laboratory, 1250 16th St., Santa Monica, CA 90404. Phone: (310) 319-4325. Fax: (310) 319-0040. E-mail: dcitron-rmarl{at}juno.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2000, p. 892-894, Vol. 38, No. 2
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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