Affiliation:
1. Wadsworth Anaerobe Laboratory, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90073.
Abstract
Three systems that are available for the incubation of anaerobic organisms were evaluated to assess their ability to support the growth of 25 anaerobic stock strains and to successfully recover anaerobic bacteria from clinical specimens. These were the anaerobic chamber, the Anaerobic Pouch System Catalyst-Free (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.), and the Bio-Bag Environmental Chamber Type A (Marion Scientific, Div. Marion Laboratories, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.). Three study centers were involved, the Wadsworth Anaerobe Laboratory (Los Angeles, Calif.), the Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose, Calif.), and the Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston). A total of 171 anaerobic organisms were isolated from 49 clinical specimens that were cultured at the three test centers. Of these, 169 (99%) were recovered from media that were incubated in the anaerobic chamber, 163 (95%) were recovered from the Anaerobic Pouch, and 147 (86%) were recovered from the Bio-Bag. A similar trend was seen with the stock strains, in which the anaerobic chamber often supported better growth of the organisms than did either of the bag systems.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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