Guide to Reading and Work-up of Possible Pathogen Isolated from Different Culture Media Flashcards
Sheep Blood Agar Plate (SBAP) - Alpha hemolytic
S. pneumoniae
Sheep Blood Agar Plate (SBAP) - Alpha, beta, hemolytic and non hemolytic colonies
Enterococcus
Sheep Blood Agar Plate (SBAP) - White, yellow creamy colonies with or without hemolysis
Staphylococcus spp.
Sheep Blood Agar Plate (SBAP) - Beta-hemolytic colonies
S. pyogenes, S. agalactiae, L. monocylogenes
Sheep Blood Agar Plate (SBAP) - White dry cols.
Candida spp.
Sheep Blood Agar Plate (SBAP) - Grayish dry cols.
Moraxella
Sheep Blood Agar Plate (SBAP) - Grayish cols.
Pasteurella spp.
Bacitracin Chocolate Agar (BCA) - Grayish trans. or. Opaque Colonies
Haemophilus spp.
Chocolate Agar Plate (CAP) - Grayish trans or opaque Colonies
Haemophilus spp.
Chocolate Agar Plate (CAP) - Grayish cols.
Neisseria spp.
Chocolate Agar Plate (CAP) - Alpha colonies
S. pneumoniae
Modified Thayer Martin Media (MTM) - Grayish trans.
colonies
Neisseria spp.
Gentamicin Blood Agar Plate Agar (GBA) - Alpha-hemolytic colonies
S. preumoniae
MacConkey - Lactose (pink) and Non-lactose fermenter (white)
Enterobacterales
MacConkey - Late lactose Fermenter (light pink)
Non-fermenting organism