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.
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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Zollinger-Iten
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Monget
D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans