Potential of antimicrobial agents to inhibit fungi to aid isolation of Campylobacter.

In preliminary studies conducted to isolate thermophilic Campylobacter spp. from cull dairy cow fecal samples, growth of fungal strains on Abeyta-Hunt-Bark agar and charcoal cefoperazone desoxycholate agar (CCDA) interfered with isolation of target bacteria. Concentrations of antifungal substances in the agar media were not effective in suppressing growth of antibiotic resistant fungi.

Prevalence of enterotoxin and toxic shock syndrome toxin genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from milk of cows with mastitis.

Staphylococcus aureus isolated from milk of cows with mastitis were evaluated for the prevalence of 16 enterotoxin genes (sea-see and seg-seq) and toxic shock syndrome toxin gene (tsst-1). Of 78 S. aureus examined, 73 (93.