Efficiency of BacT/Alert in detecting Salmonella

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Typhoitl Fet,er and other Salmonellosis

EffTciency of BacT/Alert in detecting Salmonella

Med J Indottes

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Ida Parwati, Endang Samaun

Abstrak
Untuk mengetahui efisiensi BacT/Alert, suatL. oîornatisasi tang digttnakan clalatn bitlang mikrobiologi,
kami nrcntbanclingkan sensitittitas tlan waktu yang tliperlukan dari biaknn empedu clan Fan BacT/Alert yang menriliki Ecosorb yang
tlapat
-BacT/Atert, ntenetralisasi nnteri
toksik yang dapat mempengaruhi pertumbuhan bakteri. Dari 40 biakan daralr, I 6 (40Vo) positif tlengcm
I2 ( 30Eo) Sahttonella

clan 4 (10%) buknn Salmonelh Sedangkan dengan biakcn errytedtt ditlapatkat 10 (25Eo) positif,
8-(20Vo) Salntonella tlctn 2 (5Vo) bukan
Salmonella. Waktu rata'r1tT yang tlibuttthkan untuk mencleteksi perttunbttlrun bakteri ntenggunikan BacT/Alert
ial.ah I5,6 jant seclturgkort
dengan biakan entpetlu 57,6 jam. Waktu rata-rata yang dibutulrkrnz tuttuk identif;knsi Salmonelkt nrcnggunakan
BocT/AIert ialalt 66 jrun
bakteri.

Abstract
To Jittcl out the fficiency of BacT/Alert, an automation in microbiological.fieLtl, we
cornparecl tlrc sensitivity in Salnroncllct letection.
ancl llre linte constuned by Gall culture and by Fan Bact/Alert whiclt hacl an Ecosorb rhar coLtld neutrctl.izcl.
toxic rnatcrictl vyhiclt coultl.
affect bacterial growth. Front 40 blood cuhures, 16 (40Ea) posiritte b1t BacT/Alert, 12 (30Eo) tt,ere sahnonella
and 4 (lTvo) were norl
Salntonella- By GaIl culture l0 (25Vo) were positive: 8 (20Vo) were Salmonella cmd 2 (5Vo) u,erc non Saltnonella.
Tlrc ntean tinrc cortsuntetl
for cletecliott of bacterial growth by BacT/AIert was I5.6 hours ancl by Gall ctù.ture were 57.6 hours. Tlrc tnean tirne constmrc4 to itlentifi,
Salmonella by BacT/Alert werc 66 hours and b1' GaIl culture were 78 hours. BacT/Alert is an uutonntic tnetl'rocl
that is nore sen.sitit,e

antl efficient in cletecting bacterial growth.

Dept. of Clin Patlnlogy pctdjadjaran university
Dr Hasan Sadikin General Hospitctl Bantlung, Indonesia