A Selective Chromogenic Plate, YECA, for the Detection of Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica Specificity, Sensitivity, and Capacity to Detect Pathogenic Y. enterocolitica from Pig Tonsils.pdfVIP

SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research Journal of Pathogens Volume 2011, Article ID 296275, 8 pages doi:10.4061/2011/296275 Research Article A Selective Chromogenic Plate, YECA, for the Detection of Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica : Specificity, Sensitivity, and Capacity to Detect Pathogenic Y. enterocolitica from Pig Tonsils ´ M. Denis, E. Houard, A. Labbe, M. Fondrevez, and G. Salvat Unit´e Hygi`ene et Qualit´e des Produits Avicoles et Porcins, Anses, BP 53, 22440 Ploufragan, France Correspondence should be addressed to M. Denis, martine.denis@anses.fr Received 11 February 2011; Accepted 23 March 2011 Academic Editor: Latiful Bari Copyright © 2011 M. Denis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A new selective chromogenic plate, YECA, was tested for its specificity, sensitivity, and accuracy to detect pathogenic Y. enterocolitica from pig tonsils. We tested a panel of 26 bacterial strains on YECA and compared it to PCA, CIN, and YeCM media. Detection of pathogenic Y. enterocolitica was carried out on 50 pig tonsils collected in one slaughter house. Enrichment was done in PSB and ITC broths. Streaking on YECA and CIN was done in direct, after 24H incubation of ITC, after 48H incubation of PSB and ITC. All the plates were incubated at 30◦C during 24 hours. Presence of typical colonies on CIN and YECA was checked, and isolates were biotyped. Pathogenic Y. enterocolitica strains showed an important growth on YECA with small and red fuchsia colonies while biotype 1A exhibited very few violet colonies. Enrichment in ITC during 48H gave the best perf