Patent ID: 6368847
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: C12N

Abstract:
A medium for recovery of Campylobacter species comprising:about 43 grams/liter of Brucella agar; about 50 milliliters/liter of lysed horse blood; or a blood-free composition containing: about 1.0 grams/liter &agr;-ketoglutaric acid, about 0.6 grams/liter sodium carbonate, about 3 grams/liter yeast extract, and about 0.01 grams/liter hemin; about 33 milligrams/liter of cefoperizone or a cefoperizone salt; about 0.5 gram/liter ferrous sulfate; about 0.2 grams/liter of sodium bisulfite; about 0.5 grams/liter of pyruvic acid; about 10 milligrams/liter of vancomycin or a vancomycin salt; about 5 milligrams/liter of trimethoprim or a trimethoprim salt; about 0.35 milligrams/liter of polymyxin B or a polymyxin B salt; about 200 milligrams/liter of 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride; and an antibiotic composition containing: (a) about 100 milligrams/liter of cycloheximide or a cycloheximide salt; or (b) about 10 milligrams/liter rifampicin or a rifampicin salt and about 25 milligrams/liter of amphotericin or an amphotericin salt; or (c) about 10 milligrams/liter of rifampicin or a rifampicin salt and about 50 milligrams/liter of nystatin or a nystatin salt.