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)
Agar: Clostridium perfringens
Egg Yolk
Agar: Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Tellurite
Agar: Group D Streptococci
Bile Esculin
Agar: Staphylococci
Mannitol Salts
Agar: N. meningitidis, N. gonorrhoeae from sterile sites (CSF, blood, synovial fluid)
Chocolate Agar
Agar: N. gonorrhoeae from non-sterile sites (urethra, pharynx)
Thayer-Martin
Agar: Haemophilus influenzae
Chocolate + Factors X and V
Bacteria Isolated: Löwenstein–Jensen
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Bacteria Isolated: Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose Agar (TCBS)
Vibrio cholerae
Bacteria Isolated: Bordet-Gengou, Regan-Lowe
Bordetella pertussis
Bacteria Isolated: Charcoal-Yeast Extract
Legionella pneumophila
Bacteria Isolated: Skirrows
Campylobacter, Helicobacter
Bacteria Isolated: Barbour-Stoenner-Kelly (BSK)
Borrelia burgdorferi
Bacteria Isolated: Eaton
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Bacteria Isolated: Cetrimide
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Bacteria Isolated: Xylose-Lysine-Deoxycholate (XLD)
Salmonella, Shigella
Bacteria Isolated: Ellinghausen-McCullough-Johnson-Harris (EMJF) / Fletcher’s
Leptospira interrogans
Agar: Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Löwenstein–Jensen
Agar: Vibrio cholerae
Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose Agar (TCBS)
Agar: Bordetella pertussis
Bordet-Gengou, Regan-Lowe
Agar: Borrelia burgdorferi
Barbour-Stoenner-Kelly (BSK)
Agar: Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Eaton
Agar: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Cetrimide
Agar: Salmonella, Shigella
Xylose-Lysine-Deoxycholate (XLD)
Agar: Leptospira interrogans
Ellinghausen-McCullough-Johnson-Harris (EMJF) / Fletcher’s
Agar: Charcoal-Yeast Extract
Legionella pneumophila
Agar: Skirrows
Campylobacter, Helicobacter