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Two-hour miniaturized system for detection of enteropathogenic bacteria in stool cultures

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A miniaturized 2-h system for detection of lactosenegative potentially enteropathogenic bacteria on the basis of nine enzymatic tests was evaluated. The system was challenged with 210 strains of lactose-negative and lactose-positive species grown on MacConkey agar. Specific and constant patterns were found for Salmonella, Shigella A-C,Yersinia enterocolitica, Aeromonas spp. and Vibrio cholerae. Shigella sonnei and Hafnia alvei had an identical pattern, likewise Plesiomonas shigelloides,halophilic vibrios and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Gloriastraße 32, 8028, Zurich, Switzerland

    A. von Graevenitz & J. Zollinger-Iten

  2. API System, La balme-les-grottes, 38390, Montalieu-Vercieu, France

    D. Monget

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von Graevenitz, A., Zollinger-Iten, J. & Monget, D. Two-hour miniaturized system for detection of enteropathogenic bacteria in stool cultures. Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 6, 661–664 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02013065

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