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Provedor de dados: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
País: | Brazil
Título: | Enrichment methodology to increase the positivity of cultures from body fluids
Autores: | Daur,Alessandra Valle; Klimak Jr.,Francisco; Cogo,Laura Lúcia; Botão,Gislene Diógenes; Monteiro,Cristina Leise Bastos; Dalla Costa,Libera Maria.
Data: | 2006-12-01
Ano: | 2006
Palavras-chave: | Body fluids; Etiological agents; Enrichment.
Resumo: | Isolation and identification of etiological agents found in body fluids can be of critical importance for the recovery of patients suffering from potentially-severe infections, which are often followed by serious sequels. Eighty-two samples of different body fluids were analyzed using two different methods: (1) the conventional culture method (agar plating) and (2) the enrichment culture technique, using the Bact/Alert® blood culture bottle. The number of positive cultures increased on average from 9.7% to 23.1% with the enrichment culture technique. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus were the most frequently isolated bacteria. The enrichment method could provide a more accurate means the identifying etiological agents.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702006000600002
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702006000600002
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.10 n.6 2006
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess