title: Polycarbonate filtration technique is noninferior to mCCDA for isolation of Campylobacter species from stool samples.
abstract: A total of 5963 diarrheic stool samples were cultivated for Campylobacter spp. with use of modified charcoal cefoperazone deoxycholate agar (mCCDA) plates as well as a polycarbonate (PC) filter technique on blood agar plates. A total of 376 Campylobacter jejuni/coli were isolated from both PC and mCCDA. Six and three were isolated from PC and mCCDA only, respectively (P = ns). The PC technique is noninferior to mCCDA for isolation of C. jejuni/coli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark. Electronic address: halin@rn.dk.
authors.forename: Hans Linde
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Tove
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ejlertsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nielsen
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D017000:Campylobacter coli / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005374:Filtration / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011076:Polycarboxylate Cement
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D011076:Polycarboxylate Cement; C005506:polycarbonate
keywords: Campylobacter concisus; Campylobacter jejuni; Isolation from stools; Polycarbonate membrane filter; mCCDA