title: An evaluation of certain Salmonella detection methods in surface water.
abstract: Two different procedures were employed for detecting Salmonella spp. in environmental water samples: a rapid method (enrichment in Salmosyst Broth and plating in Rambach Agar-Merck) and a longer assay (pre-enrichment in Buffered Peptone Water, enrichment in Selenite-Cistyne Broth and plating in Brilliant Green Agar-Difco). The efficiency of microbiological tests was measured by the following criteria: recovery, sensitivity and specificity. The results analysed by the Kendall concordance coefficients demonstrated that the rapid method appeared more effective even if poorly specific.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Bologna, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanità Pubblica.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernagozzi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sacchetti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Polenta
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005618:Fresh Water; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014871:Water Microbiology