BD 442022 - Bactec Plus Anaerobic/F Medium 50/Pk
BD BACTEC Plus Anaerobic Medium In Plastic Culture Vials
BD BACTEC Plus Anaerobic medium is an all-purpose, enriched soybean-casein digest broth medium capable of supporting the growth of common obligate anaerobic and facultative organisms. This medium contains resins for antibiotic neutralization.
There have been reports that the incidence of anaerobic bacteremia is increasing significantly, most likely due to the increase in patients with complex underlying diseases, as well as to an increase in the amount of heavy surgical interventions. However, not all hospitals are seeing this rise in anaerobic bacteremia. It is possible that this is due to the use of automated blood culture systems that are sub-optimal for the recovery of obligate anaerobes.
How sure are you that your anaerobic bottle is maintaining a true anaerobic atmosphere?
In study found that by switching from BacT/ALERT FN Anaerobic Medium to the BD BACTEC System and BD BACTEC Lytic/10 Anaerobic/F Medium, the isolation rate of clinically relevant anaerobes nearly doubled (1.8% to 3.2%). This was not at the expense of increased contaminant recovery; this rate remained flat.
Anaerobic organisms isolated over the two study periods
The choice of blood culture media can significantly impact antibiotic prescribing practices. Because the BD BACTEC blood culture system recovered significantly more organisms, it enabled clinicians to more frequently alter antibiotic therapies to a more appropriate antibiotic or de-escalate therapy altogether.
