RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Diagnosis of bacteraemia by automated head-space capillary gas chromatography.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 715
OP 718
DO 10.1136/jcp.35.7.715
VO 35
IS 7
A1 Larsson, L
A1 Mårdh, P A
A1 Odham, G
A1 Carlsson, M L
YR 1982
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/35/7/715.abstract
AB Blood cultures from 196 patients with suspected bacteraemia or septicaemia were analysed by automated head-space gas chromatography, using a 25 m fused silica capillary column, when turbidity indicated growth. Gas chromatography correctly identified 105 cultures as positive and 71 correctly as negative. No false-positive results were obtained. Of the 20 false-negative chromatographic results, Staphylococcus spp accounted for 14. Automated head-space gas chromatography is quicker, easier and more efficient than other gas chromatographic techniques for the evaluation of blood cultures.