Microbiological Diagnosis of Osteoarticular Infections: Comparison between BacT/Alert Bottles and Schaedler Broth.

Microbiological diagnosis of osteoarticular infections (OAIs) is based on culture on several media. Experts recommend the use of liquid media, such as Schaedler broth, but many laboratories use blood culture media with automated detection instead for convenience. We aimed to evaluate the performance of culturing in BacT/Alert (bioMérieux) bottles for the microbiological diagnosis of OAI culturing in Schaedler broth.

[Pathological analysis, an original way to study foodstuffs].

Aim: To study the composition of foodstuffs (sausage, merguez, chipolata) on microscopic examination.

Material And Methods: Six sausages, merguez, and chipolatas, sold in supermarkets were studied. The samples were weighed before and after dehydration to assess the water composition.