Evaluation of Urea-motility-indole medium for recognition and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella species in stool cultures.
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Rosa Fraile, M
RESUMO
A semisolid urea-motility-indole medium designed for detection in Enterobacteriaceae of urease activity, motility, and indole production in one tube was prepared and evaluated. The formulation of the medium was similar to that of Christensen urea agar, but the agar concentration was 0.2%, and 1% tryptone was added. Results with 687 strains of Enterobacteriaceae were the same as those obtained with standard test media (98% overall agreement). The urea-motility-indole medium was also used in combination with Kligler iron agar for the recognition and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella species from colonies picked from plating media in fecal cultures. This combination was compared with the combination of Kligler iron agar and lysine iron agar with 507 strains of non-lactose-fermenting Enterobacteriaceae. Although both combinations enabled the presumptive recognition and differentiation of Salmonella and Shigella species, an analysis of data indicated that the combination of Kligler iron agar and urea-motility-indole medium performed better than the combination of Kligler iron agar and lysine iron agar in detecting Salmonella and Shigella species.
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