title: Growth of Aeromonas spp. on Butzler Campylobacter selective agar and evaluation of the agar for the primary isolation of Aeromonas spp. from clinical specimens.
abstract: The fortuitous finding that Aeromonas spp. grew well on Butzler Campylobacter selective medium (BCSA) in a microaerobic atmosphere at 42 degrees C prompted us to evaluate the performance of BCSA for selective isolation of aeromonads in comparison with ampicillin (30 micrograms/ml) sheep blood agar (ASBA30). Overall recovery rates of aeromonads from 563 stool samples from patients with acute diarrhea were higher on ASBA30 (70.4%) than on BCSA (56.3%); however, 21 (29.5%) grew only on BCSA. The three human-associated Aeromonas spp. could be recovered on BCSA and ASBA30. We recommend the use of BCSA to laboratories reluctant to include a specific selective medium for aeromonads.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Bhadra
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Nair
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000254:growth & development*; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media