TABLE 3.
Sensitivity of blood culture versus bone marrow culture for the diagnosis of enteric fever
| Author(s) (reference) | Yr published | No. of samples tested (blood and bone marrow culture) | Blood culture |
Bone marrow culture |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vol (ml) | Culture medium | Culture system | No. (%) positive | Vol (ml) | Culture medium | Culture system | No. (%) positive | |||
| Hirsowitz and Cassel (599) | 1951 | 28 | NAa | Ox bile broth | Manual | 13 (46.4) | NA | Ox bile broth | Manual | 18 (64.3) |
| Gilman et al. (228) | 1975 | 62 | 2 | Supplemented peptone broth | Manual | 25 (40.3) | NA | Supplemented peptone broth, Ruiz-Castaneda | Manual | 56 (90.3) |
| Guerra-Caceres et al. (229) | 1979 | 60 | 15 | Trypticase soy broth, Ruiz-Castaneda | Manual | 26 (43.3) | 0.5–1.0 | Trypticase soy broth, Ruiz-Castaneda | Manual | 57 (95.0) |
| Benavente et al. (236) | 1984 | 36 | 3 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 15 (41.7) | 0.5–1.0 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 27 (75.0) |
| Hoffman et al. (215) | 1984 | 118 | 3 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 64 (54.2) | 0.5–0.8 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 101 (85.6) |
| Vallenas et al. (230) | 1985 | 43 | 3 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 19 (44.2) | 0.5 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 36 (83.7) |
| Hoffman et al. (231) | 1986 | 61 | 3 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 27/56 (48.2) | NA | Ox bile broth | Manual | 56/61 (91.8) |
| Hoffman et al. (231) | 1986 | 61 | 8 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 38/56 (67.9) | NA | Ox bile broth | Manual | 56/61 (91.8) |
| Rubin et al. (209) | 1990 | 29 | 8 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 14 (48.3) | 0.5–0.8 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 25 (86.2) |
| Akoh (233) | 1991 | 31 | 2 | Thioglycolate broth | Manual | 11 (35.4) | 1.0–2.0 | Thioglycolate broth | Manual | 19 (61.3) |
| Dance et al. (600) | 1991 | 17 | 15 | Brain heart infusion broth with sodium polyanethol sulfonate | Manual | 14 (82.4) | 0.5–1.0 | Brain heart infusion broth with sodium polyanethol sulfonate | Manual | 15 (88.2) |
| Farooqui et al. (232) | 1991 | 88 | 5 | Brain heart infusion broth, thioglycolate broth | Manual | 58 (65.9) | 0.5–1.0 | Brain heart infusion broth, thioglycolate broth | Manual | 88 (100) |
| Chaicumpa et al. (292) | 1992 | 52 | 3 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 22 (42.3) | 0.5–0.8 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 32 (61.5) |
| Gasem et al. (601) | 1995 | 86 | 3 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 57 (66.3) | 1.0 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 70 (81.4) |
| Gasem et al. (601) | 1995 | 86 | 10 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 58 (67.4) | 1.0 | Ox bile broth | Manual | 70 (81.4) |
| Gasem et al. (602) | 2002 | 53 | 8–10 | Becton Dickinson Bactec/F medium | Continuously monitored | 43 (81.1) | 1.0–2.0 | Becton Dickinson Bactec/F medium | Continuously monitored | 53 (86.9) |
| Wain et al. (214) | 2008 | 73 | 5 | Brain heart infusion broth, brain heart infusion broth with sodium polyanethol sulfonate, ox bile broth | Manual | 57 (78.1) | 1.0 | NA | Manual | 69 (94.5) |
| Wain et al. (214) | 2008 | 68 | 15 | Brain heart infusion, brain heart infusion with sodium polyanethol sulfonate, ox bile broth | Manual | 59 (86.7) | 1.0 | NA | Manual | 61 (89.7) |
a
NA, not available.