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. 1994 Dec;32(12):3075–3077. doi: 10.1128/jcm.32.12.3075-3077.1994

Transportation of Helicobacter pylori cultures by optimal systems.

H X Xia 1, C T Keane 1, J Chen 1, J Zhang 1, E J Walsh 1, A P Moran 1, J S Hua 1, F Megraud 1, C A O'Morain 1
PMCID: PMC264234  PMID: 7883907

Abstract

Cultures of Helicobacter pylori on chocolate agar slants in bijou bottles and on chocolate agar plates inside BBL Campy Pouches were mailed from Dublin to Galway, Ireland; Bordeaux, France; and Beijing, China. Both systems maintained viability of H. pylori for at least 4 days under mailing conditions. Ninety percent of the isolates on the slants survived for 6 days, but only 30% of the isolates in the pouches survived. When the slants were stored at 4 degrees C after arrival, 50% of the isolates were recoverable 10 days after mailing. Failure of recovery was due to coccoid formation by the organisms. Contamination was not a problem in either system. Chocolate agar slants are considered the more suitable system for transporting H. pylori cultures, especially when transport time longer than 4 days is expected.

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