Culturing periprosthetic tissue in BacT/Alert® Virtuo blood culture system leads to improved and faster detection of prosthetic joint infections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Blood culture bottles (BCBs) provide a semiautomated method for culturing periprosthetic tissue specimens. A study evaluating BCBs for culturing clinical samples other than body fluids is needed before implementation into clinical practice. Our objective was to evaluate use of the BacT/Alert® Virtuo blood culture system for culturing periprosthetic tissue specimens.

Methods

The study was performed through the analysis of spiked (n = 36) and clinical (n = 158) periprosthetic tissue samples. Clinical samples were analyzed by the BCB method and the results were compared to the conventional microbiological culture-based method for time to detection and microorganisms identified.

Results

The BacT/Alert® Virtuo blood culture system detected relevant bacteria for

SUBMITTER: Sanabria A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6621959 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature