TABLE 3.
Comparative time to positivity of clinically significant bacteria and fungi when both aerobic PF (glass) and PPF (plastic) culture bottles were positive within 72 h
| Microorganism(s) | No. of isolates | Mean time to positivity (h)
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| PF | PPF | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 9 | 23.2 | 25.6 |
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 57 | 29.4 | 27.8 |
| Streptococcus spp.a | 7 | 17.1 | 19.0 |
| Enterococcus spp. | 29 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| Bacillus cereus | 1 | 8.7 | 8.0 |
| Enterobacteriaceaeb | 30 | 9.5 | 10.8 |
| Other gram-negative bacteriac | 22 | 17.3 | 17.5 |
| Yeastsd | 35 | 29.2 | 27.9 |
| All microorganisms | 190 | 21.2 | 20.8 |
Includes viridans group streptococci (n = 4), Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 1), Streptococcus pyogenes (n = 1), and Streptococcus bovis (n = 1).
Includes Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 11), Escherichia coli (n = 7), Serratia marcescens (n = 4), Enterobacter cloacae (n = 4), Enterobacter aerogenes (n = 2), Klebsiella oxytoca (n = 1), and Citrobacter koseri (n = 1).
Includes Rhizobium radiobacter (n = 6), Burkholderia cepacia (n = 3), Pseudomonas sp. (n = 3), Acinetobacter baumanii (n = 3), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 2), Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (n = 2), Aeromonas hydrophila (n = 2), and Acinetobacter sp. (n = 1).
Includes Candida parapsilosis (n = 9), Candida krusei (n = 7), Candida lipolytica (n = 7), Candida tropicalis (n = 6), Candida albicans (n = 5), and Candida lusitaniae (n = 1).