Sodium polyanethol sulfonate (SPS) is a polyanionic compound. It is a common additive to blood culture media used to grow bacteria in patients with bacteremia. SPS is as an anticoagulant and inhibitor of many human antimicrobial immune functions, improving recovery of microorganisms from blood specimens.
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