Resumen

LOPARDO, Horacio Ángel; BORGNIA, Daniela  y  MASTROIANNI, Alejandra. Study of the ability of two swab transport systems to maintain viability of clinically important bacteria. Acta bioquím. clín. latinoam. [online]. 2012, vol.46, n.2, pp. 229-232. ISSN 0325-2957.

Two extendedly-used swab transport devices with Stuart medium using Streptococcus pyogenes, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Streptococcus pneumoniae reference strains, were compared. Copan Venturi Transystem® (Copan Italia Spa, Brescia, Italy) was significantly more effective than Eurotubo (Deltalab, Rubí, Barcelona, Spain), probably because the narrowing of the tube, just at the beginning of the semisolid column (Venturi system), would yield a better conservation of diffrerent organisms.

Palabras llave : Transport devices; Stuart medium; Copan Venturi Transystem; Eurotubo.