Bacteria | Methods |
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Campylobacter jejuni/coli* |
Direct plating - modified cefeoperazone, charcoal deoxycholate (CCD) agar. Enrichment culture - Preston broth. |
Clostridium perfringens (enterotoxin) | Techlab™ (Blacksburg, USA) enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), all positives to be cultured and isolates sent to the reference laboratory. |
Clostridium difficile cytotoxin | Premier™ (Meridian Bioscience Inc., Cincinnati, OH) toxins A and B enzyme immunoassay (EIA) |
Escherichia coli O157* |
Direct plating on Cefixime Tellurite Sorbitol MacConkey agar. Enrichment in Modified Tryptone Soya Broth with Novobiocin. |
Listeria spp (monocytogenes)* | Direct plating - polymyxin acriflavine lithium chloride ceftazidime asculin mannitol (PALCAM) agar** |
Salmonella spp* |
Direct plating - Xylose Lysine Dextrose (XLD) Agar and Desoxycholate Citrate Agar (DCA). Enrichment culture - Selenite F broth and Rappaport Vasilliades Salmonella enrichment broth. |
Shigella spp* | Direct plating - XLD and DCA. |
Yersinia spp* |
Direct plating - Cefsulodin Irgasin Novobiocin (CIN) selective agar. Enrichment culture - Tris Buffer Yersinia enrichment broth. |
Protozoa | |
Cryptosporidium parvum | Techlab™ Giardia/Cryptosporidium check, r-biopharm™ RIDA™ Quick Cryptosporidium |
Giardia intestinalis | Techlab™ Giardia/Cryptosporidium check, r-biopharm™ RIDA™ Quick Giardia |
Cyclospora | Modified Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stain |
Viruses | |
Enteric viruses | (Premier™ Rotaclone, Premier™ Adenoclone). |