title: Performance of the chromID Salmonella Elite chromogenic agar in comparison with CHROMagar™ Salmonella, Oxoid™ Brilliance™ Salmonella and Hektoen agars for the isolation of Salmonella from stool specimens.
abstract: chromID™ Salmonella Elite is compared with 3 culture media commonly used for Salmonella isolation from stool specimens. As results were equivalent to other chromogenic media (100% sensitivity, 98% specificity), only financial arguments should guide the choice for a medium with respect to another.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, iris-Lab, Iris-Brussels Public Hospital Network, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: delphine_martiny@stpierre-bru.be.
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martiny
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, iris-Lab, Iris-Brussels Public Hospital Network, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dediste
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Affairs, bioMérieux, Craponne, France.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anglade
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, iris-Lab, Iris-Brussels Public Hospital Network, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vlaes
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, iris-Lab, Iris-Brussels Public Hospital Network, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moens
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, iris-Lab, Iris-Brussels Public Hospital Network, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Souad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, iris-Lab, Iris-Brussels Public Hospital Network, Brussels, Belgium; Infectious Diseases Epidemiological Unit, Public Health School, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vandenberg
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D000362:Agar
keywords: Chromogenic medium; Salmonella; Screening; Stool samples