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Journal of Clinical Microbiology logoLink to Journal of Clinical Microbiology
. 1984 Feb;19(2):283–285. doi: 10.1128/jcm.19.2.283-285.1984

Effect of storage of the du Pont lysis-centrifugation system on recovery of bacteria and fungi in a prospective clinical trial.

L Stockman, G D Roberts, D M Ilstrup
PMCID: PMC271039  PMID: 6365965

Abstract

A commercially available lysis-centrifugation system was compared with a conventional biphasic brain heart infusion medium in a prospective clinical study of 5,125 fungal blood cultures. Recovery rates were compared between two time periods to assess the effect of 25 degrees C storage before processing by the lysis-centrifugation system. The lysis-centrifugation tubes processed within 9 h showed a significantly higher yield (3.4 versus 1.49%) for yeasts (Candida glabrata), filamentous fungi (Histoplasma capsulatum), and bacteria (8.84 versus 7.34%) (Klebsiella pneumoniae and Serratia marcescens) than did those processed after 9 h.

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