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. 2017 Jul 25;55(8):2413–2421. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00307-17

TABLE 5.

Numbers of clinically significant isolates detected, analyzed by bottle type and instrument detection for volume-compliant and noncompliant groupsa

Bottle type No. of bottles with indicated volume compliance and assay status
Compliant
Noncompliant, ≤10-ml vol
Noncompliant, >10-ml vol
Significant positives Both Virtuo and BTA3D Virtuo only BTA3D only Significant positives Both Virtuo and BTA3D Virtuo only BTA3D only Significant positives Both Virtuo and BTA3D Virtuo only BTA3D only
SA 45 34 6 5 12 7 1 4 13 7 4 2
SN 39 23 9 7 7 5 2 0 7 1 5 1
FA Plus 78 52 12 14 23 12 7 4 32 21 6 5
FN Plus 55 40 7 8 23 15 4 4 27 19 4 4
All 217 149 34 34 65 39 14 12 79 48 19 12
a

A total of 217 clinically significant positive isolates were recovered from 203 clinically significant bottle sets. No statistical difference was found in rates of detection between volume-compliant bottles and either type of non-volume-compliant bottle (P = 0.194 and P = 0.202, respectively).