Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 38-39 , 1 March 2010

An Improved Medium for the Detection of Salmonella and Shigella Species

  • R.G. Miller, D.V.M., U.S.D.A. (Ret.)

      Affiliations

    • Food Safety and Inspection Service, Methods Development, Beltsville, Maryland
    • ,
  • E.T. Mallinson, D.V.M.

      Affiliations

    • Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (Emeritus), University of Maryland Campus, College Park, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationMailing Address: E.T. Mallinson, D.V.M., 3116 Gracefield Rd., Unit 113, Silver Spring, MD 20904-7892. Tel.: 301-586-9310. Fax: 301-572-8404

References 

  1. Miller RG , et al.   Xylose-lysine-tergitol 4: an improved selective agar medium for the isolation of Salmonella . Poult. Sci. . 1991;70:2429–2432 Erratum, Poult. Sci. 71:398, 1992.
  2. Mallinson ET , et al.   Improved plating media for the detection of Salmonella species with typical and atypical hydrogen sulfide production . J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. . 2000;12:83–87
  3. Mallinson ET . Novel salmonella detection system developed; combines increased reliability, practicality . Feedstuffs . 1991;63:40–44
  4. Schonenbrucher JV , Mallinson ET , Bulte M . A comparison of standard cultural methods for the detection of foodborne Salmonella species including three new chromogenic plating media . Int. J. Food Microbiol. . 2008;123:61–66
  5. Dusch H , Altwegg M . Evaluation of five new plating media for isolation of Salmonella species . J. Clin. Microbiol. . 1995;33:802–804
  6. Pollock HM , Dahlgren BJ . Clinical evaluation of enteric media in the primary isolation of Salmonella and Shigella . Appl. Microbiol. . 1974;27:197–201
  7. Miki K , et al.   Re-speciation of the original reference strains of serovars in the Citrobacter freundii (Bethesda-Ballerup group) antigenic scheme of West and Edwards . Microbiol. Immunol. . 1996;40:915–921
  8. Brenner DJ , et al.   Biochemical identification of Citrobacter species defined by DNA hybridization and description of Citrobacter gillenii sp. nov. (formerly Citrobacter genospecies 10) and Citrobacter murliniae sp. nov. (formerly Citrobacter genomospecies 11) . J. Clin. Microbiol. . 1999;37:2619–2624
  9. Miller RG , Mallinson ET . Improved detection of nontyphoid and typhoid salmonellae with balanced agar formulations . J. Food Protect. . 2000;63:1443–1446

PII: S0196-4399(10)00008-5

doi: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2010.02.002

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 38-39 , 1 March 2010

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