Three rapid methods (spot test, disk, and tube) for detecting urease production in anaerobic bacteria yielded results faster than the conventional method. The results were more consistent with the disk and tube methods than with the spot test. Blood agar plate growth gave more consistent results than growth from chopped-meat slants.

An improved transport system for samples containing anaerobic bacteria was developed. This system increased the recovery rate of anaerobic bacteria up to 28.8% as compared to a commonly used method.

anaerobic bacteria are well known causes of sepsis in adults but there are few studies regarding their role in neonatal sepsis. in an attempt to define the incidence of neonatal anaerobic infections a prospective study was performed during one year period. a total number of 400 neonates under sepsis study were entered this investigation. anaerobic as well as aerobic cultures were sent. the pati...

This review summarizes the microbiology, and antimicrobial management of mycotic aneurysm of the aorta (MAA) due to anaerobic bacteria. Anaerobic bacteria are an uncommon but important cause of MAA. Most cases of anaerobic MAA are caused anaerobic gram-negative bacilli (mostly B. fragilis group), Clostridium spp. (mostly Clostridium septicum, and Propionobacterium spp. (mostly P. acnes). Clostr...

By combining the various methodologies for anaerobic bacteriology, a scheme has been developed with four flow charts for the identification of the clinically significant anaerobic organisms. This scheme incorporates the use of gas chromatography and a micromethod biochemical system.

A simple automatic inoculator which allows the simultaneous inoculation of several cultures with identical or different inocula is described. The use of Teflon spaghetti tubing allows great flexibility in handling and placing of components. The inoculator can be adapted to handle aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.

The non-sporulating anaerobic bacteria, although discovered at about the turn of the century, are as little known to most bacteriologists today as they were thirty years ago. The textbooks of bacteriology give little if any discussion of them, so that it becomes a major research problem for the laboratory worker to identify any of these species when encountered. The importance of the non-sporul...