Performance of five agar media for recovery of fungi from isolator blood cultures

J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Oct;38(10):3827-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.10.3827-3829.2000.

Abstract

We studied the recovery of 1,270 fungal isolates from 176,144 Isolator blood cultures (0.72% positive) on bacterial and fungal media, under routine and differing incubation conditions. Except with Histoplasma capsulatum, chocolate agar incubated for only 3 days proved to be an excellent medium for the recovery of fungi from the Isolator system.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Agar
  • Blood / microbiology
  • Candida / growth & development*
  • Candida / isolation & purification*
  • Candida albicans / growth & development
  • Candida albicans / isolation & purification
  • Culture Media
  • Histoplasma / growth & development*
  • Histoplasma / isolation & purification
  • Humans

Substances

  • Culture Media
  • Agar