Blood agar/ Medicines used to the case study Flashcards
What are the uses blood agar?
To observe the hemolysis caused by growing bacteria which is used for identification of the organism
What is Blood agar?
It is a medium provided with multiple nutrients that comes as a base media which can be Columbia agar or soy age
What does blood agar contain?
One or more proteins
Salt
Beef extract for vitamins and minerals
What is an example of alpha hemolysis?
Streptococcus pneumonia cause pneumonia and other such severe infections
What is an example of beta hemolysis?
streptococci like S. pyogenes and g S. agalactiae associated with infections
What is an example of gamma hemolysis?
Neisseria meningiditis
What are the limitations of blood agar?
The pattern of hemolysis might differ with the type of blood used.
What does hemolysis mean?
Break down of RBCs
What is the role of hemolysis protein?
Hemolysis protein is responsible for hemolysis
What are the different types of hemolysis and their description/
-Alpha- line inside with light yellow highlighted background
-Beta- no line bright yellow highlighted background
-Gamma- line no yellow highlighted background( White circles)
What shows sensitive and resistant in the blood agar?
Sensitive- Clear circle around the white paper/tablet
Resistant- No clear circle instead all covered
What is dexamethasone?
- Suppression of inflammatory and allergic disorders
What is Remdesivir?
Antiviral medicine that works by stopping virus that causes COVID-19
