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3. Select your top 5 organisms and enter the isolates per year or use the prepopulated values.

Time Comparison Results

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BACT/ALERT® VIRTUO® VS. BACTEC™ FX

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VIRTUO

FX

Detection times are based on results from a seeded study comparing clinically relevant microorganisms and may vary in the laboratory setting.1

About the Study

The referenced study was a simulated blood culture study designed to compare the time to detection for 33 clinically relevant organisms with the three different blood culture systems.

Study Design

  • BACT/ALERT® 3D and VIRTUO® with BACT/ALERT® FA Plus, FN Plus, and PF Plus blood culture media
  • BACTEC™ FX with BACTEC™ Plus Aerobic/F, Plus Anaerobic/F, and Peds Plus/F blood culture media
  • Human blood from refrigerated banked healthy donor
  • 30 CFU for each organism
  • 14 Gram-negative organisms
  • 14 Gram-positive organisms
  • Incubated until signaled positive or up to 5 days

1. Menchinelli G, Liotti FM, Fiori B, et al. In vitro Evaluation of BACT/ALERT® VIRTUO®, BACT/ALERT 3D®, and BACTEC™ FX Automated Blood Culture Systems for Detection of Microbial Pathogens Using Simulated Human Blood Samples. Front Microbiol. 2019;10:1-9. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00221.

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