TABLE 1.
Efficiency of filtration versus that of CAT selective medium for isolation of C. upsaliensis and related organisms from 300 consecutive diarrhetic stools of patients at the Red Cross Children's Hospital
| Organism(s) | No. of isolates obtained by use of:
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Filtration | CAT selective medium | |
| C. concisus | 21 | |
| C. jejuni subsp. jejuni | 16 | 9 |
| C. upsaliensis | 11 | 1 |
| C. coli | 3 | 3 |
| C. jejuni subsp. doylei | 2 | |
| C. hyointestinalis | 1 | |
| A. butzleri | 1 | 1 |
| H. fennelliae | 4 | |
| Helicobacter spp.a | 2 | |
| Total isolatesb | 61 | 14 |
a
Helicobacter spp. that could not be fully identified to species level.
b
The percentages of stool cultures that were positive for C. upsaliensis and related organisms were as follows: with the use of filtration, 20.3%, and with the use of CAT selective medium, 4.7%.