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A qualitative procedure for the culture and recovery of aerobic microorganisms (mainly bacteria and fungi) from pediatric and other blood specimens which are generally less than 3 mL in volume.

BACTEC PEDS PLUS medium is a bacterial growth medium providing an aerobic environment for the detection of bacteria and fungi. It has been designed for the recovery of microorganisms from pediatric and other blood specimens which are generally less than 3 mL in volume and is used specifically with the BACTEC NR ( non-radiometric )blood culture series instruments. Each glass vial of medium contains 20 mL of enriched Soybean-Casein Digest Broth with resins and CO2. If microorganisms are present in the test sample inoculated into the BACTEC vial, CO2 will be produced and liberated into the atmosphere when the organisms metabolize the substrates present in the vial. The instrument analyzes the vial head space gas for CO2 and, If a threshold level is exceeded, indicates that the vial is positive, i.e., that the test sample contains viable organisms.

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