IV - Bacteria Culture Flashcards
Agar: Determines pattern of hemolysis
Blood Agar
Agar: Gram (+) cocci
Blood Agar
Agar: Selects against gram (+) bacteria and differentiates between lactose fermenters and nonfermenters
MacConkey, Eosin-Methylene Blue (EMB)
Agar: Enteric gram (-) rods
MacConkey, Eosin-Methylene Blue (EMB), Triple Sugar Iron (TSI)
Agar: Distinguishes lactose fermenters from nonfermenters and H2S producers from nonproducers
Triple Sugar Iron (TSI)
Bacteria Isolated: Blood Agar
gram (+) cocci
Bacteria Isolated: MacConkey
enteric gram (-) rods
Bacteria Isolated: Eosin-methylene blue (EMB)
enteric gram (-) rods
Bacteria Isolated: Triple Sugar Iron (TSI)
enteric gram (-) rods
Bacteria Isolated: Egg Yolk
Clostridium perfringens
Bacteria Isolated: Tellurite
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Bacteria Isolated: Bile Esculin
Group D Streptococci
Bacteria Isolated: Mannitol Salts
Staphylococci
Bacteria Isolated: Chocolate Agar
N. meningitidis, N. gonorrhoeae from sterile sites (CSF, blood, synovial fluid)
Bacteria Isolated: Thayer-Martin
N. gonorrhoeae from non-sterile sites (urethra, pharynx)
Bacteria Isolated: Chocolate + Factors X and V
Haemophilus influenzae
Thayer-Martin Antibiotics
Vancomycin (gram (+)), Colistin/Polymyxin (gram (-)), Nystatin (fungi)