Table 1.
Clinically important organisms recovered from BacT/Alert MB bottles
Microorganism | No. of sets in which organism was detected |
---|---|
M. tuberculosis complex | 26 |
M. sherrisii | 3 |
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi | 31 |
Escherichia coli | 14 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 12 |
Cryptococcus neoformans | 7 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 5 |
Nontyphoidal Salmonella | 4 |
Klebsiella sp. | 2 |
Brucella sp. | 1 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 |