Characterization of Escherichia coli from raw poultry in Belgium and impact on the detection of Campylobacter jejuni using Bolton broth.
A comparative study examining Bolton broth and Preston broth for enrichment and reliable detection of Campylobacter jejuni (both healthy and freeze stressed cells) was performed. Tested as pure cultures, Bolton broth enabled faster resuscitation and growth of C. jejuni compared to Preston broth. When C. jejuni was co-incubated with extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli isolated from Belgian poultry meat preparations, the latter dominated in the Bolton enrichment broth and crowded the mCCDA plates. This resulted in the inability to recover C. jejuni by ISO 10272-1:2006 standard method. Preston broth did not support the growth of the ESBL E. coli isolates, but showed longer detection time of C. jejuni compared to Bolton broth. The use of the same antibiotic (sodium cefoperazone) in Bolton broth and in mCCDA plates may explain the problems encountered for detection of C. jejuni, as high numbers of ESBL E. coli present after enrichment in Bolton broth, also caused overgrowth and masked the few C. jejuni colonies present on the mCCDA plates. The use of Campylobacter spp. specific real-time PCR circumvented these problems and enabled rapid detection of the pathogen after 24h enrichment in both Bolton and Preston broth, for both healthy and freeze stressed cells.
Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Preservation, Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium.
Vicky
V
Jasson
Imca
I
Sampers
Nadine
N
Botteldoorn
Francisco
F
López-Gálvez
Leen
L
Baert
Sarah
S
Denayer
Andreja
A
Rajkovic
Ihab
I
Habib
Lieven
L
De Zutter
Johan
J
Debevere
Mieke
M
Uyttendaele
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001530:Belgium; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002438:Cefoperazone; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003470:Culture Media; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D011200:Poultry / Q000382:microbiology*; D001618:beta-Lactamases
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D002438:Cefoperazone; D001618:beta-Lactamases