title: Use of cefoperazone MacConkey agar for selective isolation of Laribacter hongkongensis.
abstract: A new selective medium, cefoperazone MacConkey agar (CMA), was developed for primary isolation of Laribacter hongkongensis from stool. Its performance in quantitative recovery and in a clinical evaluation of 4,741 human diarrheal stool specimens was superior to that of charcoal cefoperazone deoxycholate agar. In addition, with CMA, Arcobacter butzleri was unexpectedly isolated from the stools of six patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Susanna K P
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Patrick C Y
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Wai-ting
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: Maria W S
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jade L L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Tak-Lun
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Que
authors.forename: Wei-Kwang
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Luk
authors.forename: Raymond W M
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Raymond W H
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Yung
authors.forename: Kwok-yung
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yuen
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002438:Cefoperazone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003470:Culture Media; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009346:Neisseriaceae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D002438:Cefoperazone; D000362:Agar