OBJECTIVE To study and evaluate the value of the antibiotic-neutralized culture bottle applied by manual operations.METHODS A total of 711 blood samples were collected from clinical high fever patients in Qingdao Central Hospital from 2002 to 2005.To compare the bacteria detected rates,cultural time and bacteria types in 399 samples cultured in manual blood-culture bottles with those in 312 samples cultured in antibiotic-neutralized culture bottles applied by manual operations.RESULTS The bacteria detected rates were 10.28% in manual blood-culture bottles and 20.83% in antibiotic-neutralized culture bottles applied by manual operations.There was significant difference between both of them(P72h were no statistical difference between manual blood-culture bottles and antibiotic-neutralized culture bottles.Twenty species of bacteria were detected in manual blood-culture bottles and 29 species of bacteria in antibiotic-neutralized culture bottles applied by manual operations.CONCLUSIONS The bacteria detected rate and species of bacteria were more obviously raised in antibiotic-neutralized culture bottles applied by manual operations than in manual blood-culture bottles.