Assessment of the BacT/Alert blood culture system: rapid bacteremia diagnosis with loading throughout the 24 h Jonas Bengtsson, Martin Wahl, Peter Larsson

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Assessment of the BacT/Alert blood culture system: rapid bacteremia diagnosis with loading throughout the 24 h Jonas Bengtsson, Martin Wahl, Peter Larsson Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 33-37 (January 1998) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00331.x Copyright © 1998 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Blood culture collection time (00.00–24.00 h) for 111 positive BCs representing bacteremia. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 1998 4, 33-37DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00331.x) Copyright © 1998 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Time from specimen collection to incubation in the BacT/Alert. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 1998 4, 33-37DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00331.x) Copyright © 1998 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Machine detection time in 111 cases of bacteremia: range 2.2–125 h, truncated at 56 h, five extremes not shown. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 1998 4, 33-37DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00331.x) Copyright © 1998 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 The absolute and relative numbers of positive BCs in each collection interval reported to the clinician before 17.00 the following day (first two columns), or on the same day (right column), are shown as filled columns. Later reported bacteremias are shaded. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 1998 4, 33-37DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00331.x) Copyright © 1998 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions