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Table 2. Ideal time to identification of bacterial isolates by BACTEC 9120® culture system. |
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Microorganisms |
Number (%) of Bacteria recovered on day |
Total (%) |
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Enterobacteriaceae: |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
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Salmonella typhi |
192 |
07 |
05 |
- |
- |
204 |
|
Salmonella paratyphi A |
93 |
15 |
- |
- |
- |
108 |
|
Escherichia coli |
14 |
02 |
- |
- |
- |
16 |
|
Klebsiella pneumoniae |
06 |
01 |
- |
- |
- |
07 |
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Other Gram-negative Bacteria: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Acenetobacter spp. |
03 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
03 |
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Pseudomonas spp. |
03 |
01 |
- |
- |
- |
04 |
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Other Gram-Positive Cocci: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Streptococus pneumoniae |
01 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
01 |
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Staphylococcus aureus |
02 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
02 |
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Streptococus spp Group D |
01 |
- |
- |
|
- |
01 |
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|
315 (91.0) |
26 (7.5) |
5 (1.5) |
0 |
0 |
346 (100) |