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. 2003 Mar;41(3):1130–1134. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.3.1130-1134.2003

TABLE 3.

Comparison of five selective media for detection of Salmonella, after enrichment and 48 h of incubation, from 916 stool specimens from inpatients of three hospitals

Medium No. of strains detected after enrichment and incubation for 48 h
Sensitivityb (%) Specificity (%) Specificity after CT (%) Efficiency without CT (%) Efficiency after CT (%)
Positives False positives False positives after CTa
ABC 57 17 10 89.1 98 98.8 97 98
COMPASS agar 60 108 33 93.8 87.3 96.1 88 96
CHROMagar Salmonella agar 57 130 22 89.1 84.7 97.4 85 97
SM ID agar 55 83 52 85.9 90.3 93.6 90 92
Hektoen 63 215 151 98.4 74.8 82.3 76 83
a

CT = complementary tests. CT tests included microscopic examination to exclude yeasts and osidase testing to exclude pseudomonads.

b

A total of 64 isolates were recovered on at least one medium after enrichment (sensitivity 100%)