Culture media Flashcards
Upper respiratory samples: Regan-Lowe Media/Bordet-Gengou
Bordetella pertussis
Upper respiratory sample: Serum tellurite or Tinsdale agar
Corynebacteria diptheriae
Upper respiratory sample: Blood agar
Streptococcus pyogenes
Upper respiratory sample: Otitis externa: Non-lactose fermenting
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (swimmer’s ear)
Upper respiratory sample: Otitis externa: Blood agar
Staphylococcus auerus
Upper respiratory sample: Sabouraud’s agar, SABHI agar, Inhibitory mold agar
Aspergillus
Lower respiratory sample: Lowenstein-jensen medium
TB
Lower respiratory sample: Charcoal yeast extract agar
Legionella pneumophila
Lower respiratory sample: Sabouraud’s agar, SABHI, inhibitory mold agar
Dimorphic fungi (histoplasma, coccidioides, blastomyces, paracoccidioides), aspercillus
Lower respiratory sample: chocolate agar with hemin and NAD
Haemophilus influenza
Lower respiratory sample: blood agar
Streptococcus pneuemoniae
Lower respiratory sample: chocolate agar
Moraxella catharralis
GI Tract: Thio citrate bile salts sucrose agar (TCBS)-clear (blue) colonies
V. Parahaemolyticus
GI Tract: Thio citrate bile salts sucrose agar (TCBS)-yellow colonies
V. Cholerea
GI tract: CIN agar or yersinia selective agar–room temp
Yersinia enterocolitica