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Culture Methods to Determine the Limit of Detection and Survival in Transport Media of Campylobacter Jejuni in Human Fecal Specimens
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Chapters
- 00:04Introduction
- 01:04Campylobacter Enumeration in Contrived Human Fecal Specimens
- 03:42Contrived Clinical Fecal Specimen Preparation and Enumeration
- 05:21Determination of Campylobacter Viability in Transport Medium
- 06:17Results: Representative Typical Numbers of Colonies on Plates of Spiked Fecal Samples
- 07:10Conclusion
Although stool culture for Campylobacter is imprecise, it is still considered the gold standard for identification. Methods to determine the limit of detection and survival in transport media of C. jejuni in human stool are described and compared with a new immunoassay with better accuracy.
