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To assess the capability of the Peds Plus medium of the Bactec 9240 blood culture system to recoverBrucella melitensis within the routine seven-day protocol used by most clinical microbiology laboratories, inoculated blood culture bottles were monitored by the Bactec 9240 instrument for four weeks, and blind subcultures were performed once a week. A total of 2579 blood cultures were drawn, 42 (1.6%) of which were positive forBrucella melitensis. Forty-one of the 42 (97.6%) positive cultures were detected by the Bactec 9240 instrument within two to six days; a single positive culture was missed by the instrument and detected by blind subculture performed on day 7.
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Yagupsky, P., Peled, N., Press, J. et al. Rapid detection ofBrucella melitensis from blood cultures by a commercial system. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 16, 605–607 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02447926
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