TABLE 1.

Isolation of Salmonella from 1,588 clinical stool cultures

Method or culture medium	No. of specimens	Salmonella spp. isolated
		No.	%
Direct plating onto XLD agar	1,588	89	5.6
SBG broth-XLD agar	1,499	207	13.8
Total	1,588	296	18.6