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Comparative Study
. 1976 Aug;2(2):99-103.

Clinical laboratory evaluation of the fifty-milliliter vacutainer blood culture tube

B G Painter, H D Isenberg
Comparative Study

Clinical laboratory evaluation of the fifty-milliliter vacutainer blood culture tube

B G Painter et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1976 Aug.

Abstract

The efficacy of the 50-ml vacutainer culture tube (Becton-Dickinson) for recovery of microorganisms from blood cultures was compared with laboratory-prepared blood culture media. The isolation of Bacteroides sp. was significantly higher in the 50-ml vacutainer culture tube whereas that of nonfermenting gram-negative rods and yeasts was higher in the in-house media. There was no significant difference in the recovery of all other organisms.

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