Author:
Collee J. G.,Watt B.,Brown R.,Johnstone Sandra
Abstract
SUMMARYWhen a standard sample of a simulated exudate containing known numbers of anaerobic bacteria was taken up on a swab and plated on solid medium, the number of colonies subsequently cultured represented a very small proportion of the original sample. Evidence is produced that the apparent loss is not primarily attributable to inactivation on the swab but rather to retention of organisms on the swab. This was demonstrable withClostridium welchiiand withBacteroidesspecies that have hitherto been regarded as relatively oxygen-sensitive.When stock strains ofBacteroidesspecies were held for some hours on swabs, some progressive loss of viability was demonstrable. A measure of protection was afforded when these organisms were held aerobically on blood agar medium, but a very exacting anaerobe and some wild strains of faecal anaerobes showed gradual inactivation under these conditions.These findings may have important implications in relation to currently employed bacteriological sampling procedures with swabs in clinical practice.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Immunology
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