RAPID GROWTH OF HELICOBACTER-PYLORI

The ability of six Variants of a new charcoal medium and Skirrow's med ium to grow Helicobacter pylori in 3 and 5 days was studied using 20 d ifferent strains of Helicobacter pylori The main admixtures for the ch arcoal media were serum, whole blood, and egg yolk emulsion. For this purpose, serum was significantly better and egg yolk emulsion signific antly worse than whole blood, The addition of IsoVitalex resulted in s ignificantly improved growth on the charcoal media. Skirrow's medium s howed very poor performance after three days of incubation and needed a long incubation time.