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. 2002 Nov;40(11):3913–3916. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.3913-3916.2002

TABLE 2.

Comparative evaluation of three media for recovery of Salmonella from clinical samples at four different laboratories

Laboratory location No. of samples No. of Salmonella strains isolated after 24 h of incubation on:
Any media HE medium
ABC medium
MABC medium
BEa AEa BE AE BE AE
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom 797 33 18 32 17 33 25 33
Lyon, France 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe 75 3 0 3 0 3 0 3
Burkina Faso 94 20 9 19 3b 10b 5b 8b
Total no. 1,000 56 27 54 20 46 30 44
a

BE, before enrichment in Selenite broth; AE, after enrichment in Selenite broth.

b

Nine non-Typhi Salmonella strains including six serovar Typhimurium strains, one serovar Enteritidis strain, one serovar Virchow strain, and one Salmonella group B strain were not detected using ABC and MABC media, since they did not produce α-galactosidase. Two strains of serovar Typhi failed to grow on MABC medium.