[Evaluation of agar media for growth of Campylobacter pylori]

The supporting ability for the growth of Campylobacter pylori was tested on various agar plates. C. pylori grew on media supplemented with blood, serum or egg-yolk, and it showed good growth on Mueller Hinton agar with horse blood, and on brain-heart infusion agar with yeast extract and horse blood. The organism grew moderately on Mueller Hinton agar, but could not grow on the other unsupplemented media. Mueller Hinton medium may be of use as a proper base of blood agar for growth of C. pylori. Egg-yolk may be substituted as a low-priced enrichment material for blood.