Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 62, Issue 4 , Pages 471-473, December 2008

Comparison of 3 swab transport systems for direct release and recovery of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria☆

Focus Diagnostics, Inc., Cypress, CA 90630, USA

Received 23 April 2008; accepted 1 August 2008. published online 24 September 2008.

Abstract 

The ability to directly release 5 aerobic and 5 anaerobic bacterial strains from 3 swab transport systems was evaluated by a time zero roll-plate method. The Copan ESwab (Copan Diagnostics, Murrieta, CA), a new nylon-flocked swab with Amies liquid medium, yielded greater organism release and recovered approximately 10-fold more microorganisms than the Becton Dickinson (Sparks, MD) CultureSwab MaxV and Remel (Lenexa, KS) BactiSwab.

Keywords: Swab transport, Release, Aerobic, Anaerobic

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☆ This work was presented in part at the 106th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Orlando, FL, May 21-25, 2006.

PII: S0732-8893(08)00349-0

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.08.004

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 62, Issue 4 , Pages 471-473, December 2008

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