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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1972 September; 24(3): 409-411
Copyright © 1972 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Three-Tube Method for Screening Stool Cultures for Salmonella and Shigella

Channing Laboratory, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02118
Harvard Medical Unit, and Department of Medical Microbiology, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02118
Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02118
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02118

ABSTRACT

A three-tube method developed is described as a screening test for non-lactose-fermenting organisms isolated from stool cultures. To evaluate the method, 976 strains of gram-negative bacilli were tested. All strains of Salmonella and Shigella were correctly identified generically.