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[Comparison of cefsulodin and cephalexin as selective agents in agar for Bordetella pertussis]
1Sektion Bakteriologisches Labor, Universität Tübingen.
Immunitat Und Infektion
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
Cefsulodin (12 mg/l) was evaluated as an alternative to cephalexin (40 mg/l) as selective agent in agar for isolation of Bordetella pertussis from clinical specimens. Charcoal horse blood agar with cefsulodin and with cephalexin supported growth of Bordetella pertussis strains (n = 50) equally well. The nasopharyngeal flora of healthy adults (n = 49) was suppressed significantly better by cephalexin, but colony numbers of flora on the agar with cefsulodin in general were low.