Budnick G E, Howard R T, Mayo D R
Division of Laboratory Services, State of Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford 06106, USA.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1996 Oct;62(10):3881-4. doi: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3881-3884.1996.
Enterolert (IDEXX Laboratories Inc., Westbrook, Maine), a semiautomated, most probable number method for enumeration of enterococci, was compared with the standard membrane filter method by parallel testing of 138 marine and freshwater recreational bathing water samples. No statistically significant difference and a strong linear correlation were found between methods. Culturing of 501 Enterolert test wells resulted in false-positive and false-negative rates of 5.1 and 0.4%, respectively. Less time for setup, incubation (24 versus 48 h), and reading of Enterolert permits more efficient monitoring of recreational bathing areas.
Enterolert（爱德士生物科技公司，缅因州韦斯特布鲁克）是一种用于肠球菌计数的半自动最大可能数法，通过对138份海洋和淡水休闲浴场水样进行平行检测，将其与标准膜过滤法进行比较。两种方法之间未发现统计学上的显著差异，且存在强线性相关性。对501个Enterolert测试孔进行培养，假阳性率和假阴性率分别为5.1%和0.4%。Enterolert的设置、培养时间（24小时对48小时）和读数时间更短，从而能够更高效地监测休闲浴场区域。
