RESEARCH NOTE - DETECTION OF SALMONELLA IN MINCED MEAT BY THE POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION METHOD

Authors
AABO S ANDERSEN JK OLSEN JE
Citation
S. Aabo et al., RESEARCH NOTE - DETECTION OF SALMONELLA IN MINCED MEAT BY THE POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION METHOD, Letters in applied microbiology, 21(3), 1995, pp. 180-182
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Letters in applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02668254
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
180 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(1995)21:3<180:RN-DOS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A specific PCR assay was used to detect Salmonella in enriched broths of 48 natural samples of minced pork and 48 natural samples of minced beef. By comparison with a routine culture method, the sensitivity of the PCR method was estimated to be 92% and the specificity of the PCR method was estimated to be 99%. The sensitivity of the culture method was estimated to be 50% in this study.