Enrichment culture can bias the isolation of Campylobacter subtypes

Enrichment culture is often used to isolate Campylobacter. This study compared isolation of Campylobacter spp. from 119 broiler chicken environments from two farms, using Preston and modified Exeter (mExeter) and modified Bolton (mBolton) enrichments. mExeter was significantly more effective in isol...

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Veröffentlicht in:Epidemiology and infection 2012-07, Vol.140 (7), p.1227-1235
Hauptverfasser: WILLIAMS, L. K., SAIT, L. C., COGAN, T. A., JØRGENSEN, F., GROGONO-THOMAS, R., HUMPHREY, T. J.
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Zusammenfassung:Enrichment culture is often used to isolate Campylobacter. This study compared isolation of Campylobacter spp. from 119 broiler chicken environments from two farms, using Preston and modified Exeter (mExeter) and modified Bolton (mBolton) enrichments. mExeter was significantly more effective in isolating Campylobacter spp. from the environmental samples compared to Preston (P
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268811001877