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. 1987 Aug;99(1):143–147. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800066954

Comparison of procedures based upon Rappaport-Vassiliadis medium with those using Muller-Kauffmann medium containing Teepol for the isolation of Salmonella sp.

P Vassiliadis, C Mavromati, D Trichopoulus, V Kalapothaki, J Papadakis
PMCID: PMC2249191  PMID: 3301375

Abstract

A total of 308 samples of different types were examined for the presence of salmonellas by means of three different procedures. The first consisted of pre-enrichment in buffered peptone water followed by enrichment in Rappaport-Vassiliadis medium (P/RV). The second differed only in that 1% Teepol was added to the pre-enrichment medium (PT/RV). In the third, buffered peptone water with 1% Teepol was followed by enrichment in Muller-Kauffmann tetrathionate broth also containing 1% Teepol (PT/MKT). The first of these combinations (P/RV) proved superior to the others both in terms of isolation rates and in the appearance of suspicious colonies.

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