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01.12.2008 | Article
Liquid culture medium for the rapid cultivation of Helicobacter pylori from biopsy specimens
verfasst von:
N. Sainsus, V. Cattori, C. Lepadatu, R. Hofmann-Lehmann
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
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Ausgabe 12/2008
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Abstract
The goal of this study was to develop a liquid culture medium for the rapid isolation, cultivation, identification and subsequent antibiotics susceptibility testing of Helicobacter pylori directly from biopsy specimens. Five liquid media were tested: Ham’s F-12, Brucella broth, tryptic soybroth, brain heart infusion broth and Mueller-Hinton broth. After optimisation of the medium, it was applied in order to investigate biopsy samples from 150 patients with gastro-duodenal disorders and compared with traditional culture methods, microscopy and an H. pylori-specific TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The most reliable and rapid growth of H. pylori, even at a small inoculum size, was obtained in Ham’s F-12 medium with 5% horse serum. The developed system allowed the primary isolation of H. pylori in clinical samples and provided 87% sensitivity and 100% specificity.