Isolation of Helicobacter pylori after transport from a regional laboratory of gastric biopsy specimens in saline, Portagerm pylori or cultured on chocolate agar |
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Authors: | Grove D I McLeay R A Byron K E Koutsouridis G |
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Affiliation: | Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia, Australia. david.grove@imvs.sa.gov.au |
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Abstract: | Multiple gastric biopsies were taken from 288 patients in Port Lincoln, South Australia. One biopsy was used for a CLOtest and the other three were transported to a central laboratory in Adelaide in physiological saline, Portagerm pylori transport medium or after culture on a chocolate agar plate which was placed in a Biobag. Helicobacter pylori was isolated from 18.3% of patients. There was a 95.7% concordance between culture results and the CLOtest result. Recovery rates after transport on chocolate agar, Portagerm pylori and in saline were 90.2, 90.2 and 84.3%, respectively. |
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