Routine Use of Anaerobic Blood Culture Bottles for Specimens Collected from Adults and Children Enhances Microorganism Recovery and Improves Time to Positivity
Eric M. Ransom, Carey‐Ann D. Burnham
Abstract
0.027). Only 25 microorganisms had statistically significant improved recovery and/or faster time to positivity from aerobic versus anaerobic bottles, suggesting anaerobic bottles offer comparable growth for most species. Finally, if only an aerobic bottle had been collected, 2,027 fewer positive cultures would have been detected and 7,452 fewer isolates would have been reported, including cultures with S. aureus (413 isolates, 10.6% less), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (9 isolates, 3.1% less) and Escherichia coli (193 isolates, 14.0% less). Taken together, these findings support the practice of routinely including an anaerobic bottle for blood culture collection.
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Anaerobic exerciseMicroorganismBlood cultureMicrobiologyMedicineBiologyBacteriaPhysiologyAntibioticsGeneticsBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchUrinary Tract Infections Management