Bakr, W., Wasfy, O. (2002). 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, 32(4), 773-776. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2002.202675
Wafaa MK. Bakr; Ola AS. Wasfy. "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, 32, 4, 2002, 773-776. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2002.202675
Bakr, W., Wasfy, O. (2002). '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, 32(4), pp. 773-776. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2002.202675
Bakr, W., Wasfy, O. 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, 2002; 32(4): 773-776. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2002.202675
CHROMagar Staph Aureus versus Baird Parker Agar for the Detection and Enumeration of Staphylococcus Aureus from Cheese Samples
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.