Polycarbonate filtration technique is noninferior to mCCDA for isolation of Campylobacter species from stool samples

A total of 5963 diarrheic stool samples were cultivated for Campylobacter spp. with use of modified charcoal cefoperazone deoxycholate agar (mCCDA) plates as well as a polycarbonate (PC) filter technique on blood agar plates. A total of 376 Campylobacter jejuni/coli were isolated from both PC and mCCDA. Six and three were isolated from PC and mCCDA only, respectively (P=ns). The PC technique is noninferior to mCCDA for isolation of C. jejuni/coli.