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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2003, p. 4839-4841, Vol. 41, No. 10
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4839-4841.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Use of Cefoperazone MacConkey Agar for Selective Isolation of Laribacter hongkongensis

Susanna K. P. Lau,1 Patrick C. Y. Woo,1 Wai-ting Hui,1 Maria W. S. Li,1 Jade L. L. Teng,1 Tak-Lun Que,2 Wei-Kwang Luk,3 Raymond W. M. Lai,4 Raymond W. H. Yung,5 and Kwok-yung Yuen1,6*

Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong,1 Department of Microbiology, Tuen Mun Hospital,2 Department of Microbiology, Tseung Kwan O Hospital,3 Department of Microbiology, United Christian Hospital,4 Department of Microbiology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital,5 HKU-Pasteur Research Centre, Hong Kong6

Received 6 May 2003/ Returned for modification 2 July 2003/ Accepted 13 July 2003

A new selective medium, cefoperazone MacConkey agar (CMA), was developed for primary isolation of Laribacter hongkongensis from stool. Its performance in quantitative recovery and in a clinical evaluation of 4,741 human diarrheal stool specimens was superior to that of charcoal cefoperazone deoxycholate agar. In addition, with CMA, Arcobacter butzleri was unexpectedly isolated from the stools of six patients.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, University Pathology Building, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. Phone: (852) 28554892. Fax: (852) 28551241. E-mail: hkumicro{at}hkucc.hku.hk.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2003, p. 4839-4841, Vol. 41, No. 10
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4839-4841.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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