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Objective To investigate the method of the separation gel vacuum tube combined with matrix‐assisted laser desorp‐tion/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry system (VITEK‐MS) for fasting identifying positive blood culture bacteria .Methods Fifty cases of positive blood culture by the BacT/ALERT3D blood culture system and Gram‐negative bacteria by direct staining in the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University from March to October 2015 were collected .The bacteria were directly ex‐tracted from the blood culture bottle by the separation gel tube and performed the fast identification by adopting the VITEK‐MS system .At the same time the bacteria were performed the subcultivation and identification .then the coincidence of this method was compared .Results Among 50 cases of Gram‐negative bacteria by positive blood culture ,21 cases of bacteria were not identified ,29 cases of bacteria were identified ,the positive rate was 58 .0% .the coincidence rate with the conventional identification results was 96 .6% ;the method of separation gel combined with VITEK‐MS was nearly 24 h in advance compared with the traditional method . Conclusion Adopting the separation gel vacuum tube combined with VITEK‐MS for identifying bacteria has the higher coincidence rate of positive blood culture Gram negative bacteria ,can greatly shorten the identification time ,this method is rapid and simple .
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Objective To study the possibility of direct identification of pathogens from positive blood cul-tures by methods of separation gel tube -centrifugation.Methods 216 cases of positive blood culture were collected from 2015.7 to 2015.12.The bacterias were purified from blood culture bottle by separation gel tube.After washing 2 times,identified by MALDI -TOF MS.At the same time,traditional culture,smears and identification were done. Compared the results of identification by two methods.Results 216 cases of positive blood culture were single bacte-rial infection.By Gram stain,89 strains were Gram positive,119 strains were Gram negative and 8 strains were fungal spores.190 cases of positive blood culture were identified by MALDI -TOF MS,it concluded 67 Gram positive strains,111 Gram negative strains,4 anaerobe strains and 8 fungus.Compared with traditional culture,the coincidence rate reached up to 87.9%,Gram positive strains 78.8%,Gram negative strains 93.2%,anaerobe strains 100.0%and fungus 100.0%.Conclusion It takes less than 30 minutes purified from blood culture bottle by separation gel tube.And the time of identification is shorter than traditional culture.This method is good for clinical diagnosis and treatment.