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Evaluation of acridine orange staining as a replacement of subcultures for BacT/ALERT-positive, gram stain-negative blood cultures.

  • Adler H Bacteriology Laboratory, University of Basel Hospitals and Clinics, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. hadler@uhbs.ch
  • Baumlin N
  • Frei R
  • 2003-11-08
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  • Journal of clinical microbiology. - 2003
Acridine Orange
Blood
False Positive Reactions
Fluorescent Dyes
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Humans
Reproducibility of Results
English Among 18,424 blood culture sets processed during a study period of 18 months, 85 bottles that were positive by the BacT/ALERT system were Gram stain negative. Both acridine orange staining and subcultures detected microorganisms in a total of 12 bottles. Acridine orange staining can replace subcultures of false-positive blood cultures.
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