Two-hour miniaturized system for detection of enteropathogenic bacteria in stool cultures.
A miniaturized 2-h system for detection of lactose-negative potentially enteropathogenic bacteria on the basis of nine enzymatic tests was evaluated. The system was challenged with 210 strains of lactose-negative and lactose-positive species grown on MacConkey agar. Specific and constant patterns were found for Salmonella, Shigella A-C, Yersinia enterocolitica, Aeromonas spp. and Vibrio cholerae. Shigella sonnei and Hafnia alvei had an identical pattern, likewise Plesiomonas shigelloides, halophilic vibrios and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
von Graevenitz
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Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Zollinger-Iten
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Monget
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D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans