| Title | Improved selective isolation of Bordetella pertussis by modified cyclodextrin solid medium. | | Author(s) | Ohtsuka M, Kikuchi K, Shundo K, Okada K, Higashide M, Sunakawa K, Hiramatsu K | | Institution | Department of Infection Control Science, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Kotobiken Medical Laboratories Inc., Nikken Bio Medical Laboratories Inc., Division of Pediatrics, Fukuoka National Hospital, and Department of Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan. | | Source | J Clin Microbiol 2009 Oct 21. | | Abstract | We have developed a modified cyclodextrin solid (MCS) medium using the selective antibiotic, cefdinir. MCS medium exhibited higher sensitivity (95.6%: any culture positive as reference) and greater inhibition of nasopharyngeal flora than Bordet-Gengou agar (65.2%, P = 0.009) or cyclodextrin solid medium (39.1%, P < 0.001). | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19846652 |
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