This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Hindiyeh, M.
Right arrow Articles by Carroll, K. C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Hindiyeh, M.
Right arrow Articles by Carroll, K. C.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2001, p. 377-380, Vol. 39, No. 1
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.377-380.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Comparison of Three Transport Systems (Starplex StarSwab II, the New Copan Vi-Pak Amies Agar Gel Collection and Transport Swabs, and BBL Port-A-Cul) for Maintenance of Anaerobic and Fastidious Aerobic Organisms

Musa Hindiyeh,1,2 Victoria Acevedo,1 and Karen C. Carroll1,2,*

ARUP Laboratories, Inc.,1 and Department of Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center,2 Salt Lake City, Utah

Received 4 August 2000/Returned for modification 29 September 2000/Accepted 20 October 2000

Of utmost importance in evaluations of clinical samples for infectious agents is proper specimen transport to the clinical laboratory. In the present study we compared three transport systems (the new Starplex StarSwab II, the new Copan Vi-Pak Amies Agar Gel collection and transport swabs, and the BBL Port-A-Cul) for survival of anaerobic and fastidious aerobic bacteria. The new Copan Vi-Pak system has been modified by nitrogen gas flushing to keep an ideal low Eh condition and to prevent oxidation of the transport medium. The Copan Vi-Pak system outperformed the other two swabs evaluated by maintaining the viabilities of both anaerobic and fastidious aerobic bacteria for 24 h for the majority of the organisms evaluated. This time period should be sufficient for transport of specimens to the clinical microbiology laboratory without compromising organism recovery.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Diagnostic Infectious Diseases Laboratory, ARUP Laboratories, Inc., 500 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108. Phone: (801) 583-2787, ext. 2337. Fax: (801) 584-5207. E-mail: carrolkc{at}aruplab.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2001, p. 377-380, Vol. 39, No. 1
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.377-380.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


This article has been cited by other articles:

  • Stoner, K. A., Rabe, L. K., Austin, M. N., Meyn, L. A., Hillier, S. L. (2008). Quantitative Survival of Aerobic and Anaerobic Microorganisms in Port-A-Cul and Copan Transport Systems. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 2739-2744 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Van Horn, K. G., Audette, C. D., Sebeck, D., Tucker, K. A. (2008). Comparison of the Copan ESwab System with Two Amies Agar Swab Transport Systems for Maintenance of Microorganism Viability. J. Clin. Microbiol. 46: 1655-1658 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Rishmawi, N., Ghneim, R., Kattan, R., Ghneim, R., Zoughbi, M., Abu-Diab, A., Turkuman, S., Dauodi, R., Shomali, I., Issa, A. E.-R., Siriani, I., Marzouka, H., Schmid, I., Hindiyeh, M. Y. (2007). Survival of Fastidious and Nonfastidious Aerobic Bacteria in Three Bacterial Transport Swab Systems. J. Clin. Microbiol. 45: 1278-1283 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Church, D., Elsayed, S., Reid, O., Winston, B., Lindsay, R. (2006). Burn Wound Infections. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 19: 403-434 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Osterblad, M., Jarvinen, H., Lonnqvist, K., Huikko, S., Laippala, P., Viljanto, J., Arvilommi, H., Huovinen, P. (2003). Evaluation of a New Cellulose Sponge-Tipped Swab for Microbiological Sampling: a Laboratory and Clinical Investigation. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41: 1894-1900 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
  • Farhat, S. E., Thibault, M., Devlin, R. (2001). Efficacy of a Swab Transport System in Maintaining Viability of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Streptococcus pneumoniae. J. Clin. Microbiol. 39: 2958-2960 [Abstract] [Full Text]  


Copyright © 2009 by the American Society for Microbiology.   For an alternate route to Journals.ASM.org, visit: http://intl-journals.asm.org | More Info»