Sensitivity of the ISO 6579:2002/Amd1:2007 Standard Method for Detection of Salmonella spp. on Mesenteric Lymph Nodes from Slaughter Pigs

RAUL CARLOS MAINAR JAIME; SARA ANDRES; JUAN PABLO VICO; BEATRIZ SAN ROMÁN; VICTORIA GARRIDO; MARÍA JESÚS GRILLÓ

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY

Lugar: Washington; Año: 2013 vol. 51 p. 89 - 94

0095-1137

The ISO 6579:2002/Amd 1:2007 (ISO) standard has been the bacteriological standard method used in the European Union for the detection of Salmonella spp. in pig mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN), but there are no published estimates of the diagnostic sensitivity (Se) of the method in this matrix. Here, the Se of the ISO (SeISO) was estimated on 675 samples selected from two populations with different Salmonella prevalences (14 farms with a>20% prevalence and 13 farms with a