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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2005, p. 445-447, Vol. 43, No. 1
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.1.445-447.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Controlled Clinical Comparison of Plastic versus Glass Bottles of BacT/ALERT PF Medium for Culturing Blood from Children

Cathy A. Petti,1* Stanley Mirrett,1 Christopher W. Woods,1 and L. Barth Reller1,2,3

Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center,1 Departments of Pathology,2 Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina3

Received 24 June 2004/ Returned for modification 9 August 2004/ Accepted 1 September 2004

The plastic pediatric BacT/ALERT (bioMérieux, Durham, N.C.) PF (PPF) is a new nonvented aerobic culture medium in a clear plastic bottle designed to prevent breakage. We compared the performance of the new PPF bottle to that of the present glass BacT/ALERT PF bottle for the recovery of microorganisms as well as for the time to detection of growth in samples of blood obtained for culture from children. We found that the PPF and PF bottles were comparable for recovery of microorganisms and that the safety advantage of plastic bottles can be achieved without compromising performance.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: ARUP Laboratories, 500 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108. Phone: (801) 583-2787. Fax: (801) 584-5207. E-mail: cathy.petti{at}aruplab.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2005, p. 445-447, Vol. 43, No. 1
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.1.445-447.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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