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Controlled evaluation of the new BacT/alert virtuo blood culture system for detection and time to detection of bacteria and yeasts

Journal of Clinical Microbiology (2016) 54(4) 1148-1151
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.03362-15
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We compared the newly approved BacT/Alert Virtuo blood culture system to the BacT/Alert 3D system using 115 clinical bacterial and fungal isolates in 784 simulated blood culture bottles. The time to detection was reduced by roughly 20% in the Virtuo system (P<0.0001) while the detection rate did not differ.

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Altun, O., Almuhayawi, M., Lüthje, P., Taha, R., Ullberg, M., & Özenci, V. (2016). Controlled evaluation of the new BacT/alert virtuo blood culture system for detection and time to detection of bacteria and yeasts. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 54(4), 1148–1151. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.03362-15

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