CASA chromogenic medium for enteric Campylobacter species.

Hervé Le Bars (1) , Samer Kayal (1) , Martine Bonnaure-Mallet (1) , Jacques Minet (1)

1 Microbiologie : Risques Infectieux

We prospectively assessed stool samples from 370 patients for Campylobacter species by comparing three selective agar media incubated at two temperatures: 42°C and 37°C. Twenty patients (5.4%) were found positive. The chromogenic medium CASA (AES Chemunex, France) proved highly efficient for C. jejuni and C. coli recovery, while lessening the workload in the lab.

Domains: Microbiology and Parasitology

Hervé Le Bars, Samer Kayal, Martine Bonnaure-Mallet, Jacques Minet. CASA chromogenic medium for enteric Campylobacter species.. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2011, 49 (10), pp.3675-7. ⟨10.1128/JCM.00899-11⟩. ⟨hal-00759993⟩