Controlled Evaluation of the New BacT/Alert Virtuo Blood Culture System for Detection and Time to Detection of Bacteria and Yeasts

We compared the newly approved BacT/Alert Virtuo blood culture system to the BacT/Alert 3D system using 115 clinical bacterial and fungal isolates in 784 simulated blood culture bottles. The time to detection was reduced by roughly 20% in the Virtuo system (P< 0.0001) while the detection rate did...

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Published in:Journal of clinical microbiology 2016-04, Vol.54 (4), p.1148-1151
Main Authors: Altun, Osman, Almuhayawi, Mohammed, Lüthje, Petra, Taha, Rubina, Ullberg, Måns, Özenci, Volkan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacteremia - diagnosis
Bacteria - isolation & purification
Bacteriology
Blood Culture - methods
Fungemia - diagnosis
Humans
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Sensitivity and Specificity
Time Factors
Yeasts - isolation & purification
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Summary:We compared the newly approved BacT/Alert Virtuo blood culture system to the BacT/Alert 3D system using 115 clinical bacterial and fungal isolates in 784 simulated blood culture bottles. The time to detection was reduced by roughly 20% in the Virtuo system (P< 0.0001) while the detection rate did not differ.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/JCM.03362-15