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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2009, p. 245-246, Vol. 47, No. 1
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01452-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Controlled Evaluation of Bactec Peds Plus/F and Bactec Lytic/10 Anaerobic/F Media for Isolation of Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A from Blood{triangledown}

Megan E. Reller,1* Anita K. M. Zaidi,2 Shazia Sultana,2 Shazia Azeem,2 Beenish Hanif,2 Shahida Qureshi,2 Rumina Hasan,2 Zulfiqar Bhutta,2 Rehana Akhter,3 and Donald A. Goldmann1

Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts,1 Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan,2 National Institute for Child Health, Karachi, Pakistan3

Received 29 July 2008/ Returned for modification 2 September 2008/ Accepted 6 November 2008

We compared anaerobic lytic (AL) and pediatric aerobic resin-containing (Peds Plus/F) blood culture media for the isolation of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi or Paratyphi A from children. The yields from AL and Peds Plus/F media were the same with equal volumes of blood, but recovery was faster from AL medium than Peds Plus/F medium (10.7 and 16.4 h, respectively) (P < 0.001).

* Corresponding author. Present address: Medical Microbiology Division, Department of Pathology, Meyer B1-193, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287-7093. Phone: (410) 955-5077. Fax: (410) 614-8087. E-mail: mreller1{at}jhmi.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 12 November 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2009, p. 245-246, Vol. 47, No. 1
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01452-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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