CHROMagar Staph Aureus versus Baird Parker Agar for the Detection and Enumeration of Staphylococcus Aureus from Cheese Samples | ||
| Journal of High Institute of Public Health | ||
| Article 8, Volume 32, Issue 4, October 2002, Pages 773-776 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jhiph.2002.202675 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Wafaa MK. Bakr; Ola AS. Wasfy | ||
| Department of Microbiology, High Institute f Public Health, Alexandria University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This paper evaluates a new chromogenic plate medium, CHROMagar Staph aureus [CSAM], for the detection and enumeration of Staph.aureus in cheese samples compared to the conventional Baird Parker agar medium [BPAM]. CSAM showed a greater rates of recovery, specificity and efficiency reached 92.2%, 98.5% and 96.3% compared to those of BPAM which were 83.5%, 49.2% and 61.6% .On the basis of its excellent recovery, specificity, efficiency, ease of identification of the characteristic colored colonies especially if they were of very low counts in mixed cultures, CSAM can be recommended as a routine plating medium for detection and enumeration of Staph.aureus from food. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| CHROMagar Staph Aureus; Baird Parker Agar; Detection; Enumeration; Staphylococcus Aureus; Cheese Samples | ||
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