TABLE 1.
Recovery of clinically significant organisms from BACTEC Plus Aerobic/F bottles
| Organism (no.) | No. of organisms recovered by system
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| BACTEC 9050 only | BACTEC 9240 only | BACTEC 9050 and BACTEC 9240 | |
| Staphylococcus aureus (71) | 9 | 4 | 58 |
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci (43) | 6 | 5 | 32 |
| Streptococcus spp. (46)a | 11 | 3 | 32 |
| Enterococcus spp. (36) | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| Other gram-positive bacteria (6)b | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Enterobacteriaceae (114)c | 15 | 18 | 81 |
| Pseudomonas spp. (16) | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Other gram-negative bacteria (15)d | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Mycobacterium fortuitum (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Candida spp. (16) | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| Cryptococcus spp. (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
a
Includes 29 S. pneumoniae, 15 viridans group streptococci, 1 group A, and 1 group B streptococcus.
b
Includes three Corynebacterium, one Aerococcus, one Actinomyces, and one Bacillus organism.
c
Includes 62 Escherichia, 18 Klebsiella, 22 Enterobacter, 7 Proteus, 3 Serratia, 1 Morganella, and 1 Salmonella organism.
d
Includes five Stenotrophomonas, five Acinetobacter, two Burkholderia, two Aeromonas, and one Alcaligenes organism.