Comparison of rapid cultural methods for the detection of Salmonella species

• Rapid cultural methods for the detection of Salmonella were compared.
• All methods were 100% specific for Salmonella spp.
• The newly developed methods present a time-saving of up to 48 h compared to the standard method

Three newly developed rapid cultural methods (Rapid Salmonella, Precis™ Salmonella, IBISA Salmonella) for the detection of Salmonella spp. were compared to a reference method. All methods performed comparably on inclusivity/exclusivity testing. Similar limits of detection were observed for all methods with milk, cocoa and bouillon matrices. Some tea varieties appeared to disturb the normal color formation of all selective agars tested.