Improved blood culture medium for radiometric detection of yeasts

1 March 1979

journal article
research article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Vol. 9 (3) , 448-449
https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.9.3.448-449.1979

Abstract

The influence of medium composition on the rate of CO2 production by yeasts in simulated blood cultures was determined in the Bactec radiometric system. A yeast N base broth containing [14C]glucose and Triton X-100 allowed the detection of positive cultures earlier than the regular Bactec blood culture media.