TABLE 3.
Effect of GN broth supplemented with sodium selenite on the isolation rate of Salmonella spp.
| Method or culture mediuma |
Salmonella spp. isolated
|
|
|---|---|---|
| No. | % | |
| Direct plating onto XLD agar | 0 | 0 |
| GN broth-XLD agar | 4 | 4.3 |
| GN broth plus Na2SeO3-XLD agar | 6 | 6.4 |
| SBG broth-XLD agar | 11 | 11.7 |
| Total | 11 | 11.7 |
A total of 94 clinical specimens were analyzed for each method.