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Blood agar plate (BAP)

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Cultivation of most organisms, determination of hemolytic reactions

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Chocolate agar

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  • Blood is heated until lysed

- cultivation of Haemophilus, pathogenic Neisseria, and nutritionally-deficient Strep

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Columbia-nalidixic acid agar (CNA)

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selective isolation of Gram+ cocci; inhibits most Gram- organisms

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Mannitol salt agar

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isolate S. aureus from mixed culture; inhibits most Gram- organisms

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MacConkey agar

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  • isolation and differentiation of lactose fermenting and non-lactose fermenting enteric bacilli
  • lactose fermenters are red/pink, while non-lactose fermenters are clear
  • Gram+ and fastidious organisms inhibited by bile salts and crystal violet
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Lactose fermenters (CEEK)

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Citrobacter, E. coli, Enterobacter, Klebsiella

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Eosin methylene blue agar (EMB)

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isolation and differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae and Gram- rods
o	Green sheen: characteristic of E. coli
o	Pigmented (black/purple): lactose fermenters
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Xylose lysine deoxychocolate agar (XLD)

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isolation and differentiation of salmonella and shigella from other normal stool flora

  • Red with black center: salmonella and H2S producers
  • Red: shigella (cannot ferment xylose)
  • Yellow/orange: normal colonic flora
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Hektoen-enteric agar (HE)

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isolation and differentiation of salmonella and shigella from other normal stool flora

  • Green w/ black center: Salmonella
  • Green: shigella
  • Salmon pink/orange: lactose fermenters
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Salmonella-shigella agar (SS)

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isolation and differentiation of salmonella and shigella from other normal stool flora

  • Colorless with black center: salmonella
  • colorless: shigella
  • red: lactose fermenters
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Thayer-Martin agar (MTM)

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chocolate agar with vanc, colistin and nystatin

selective for N/ gonorrhea and meningitidis; suppresses growth of saphrophytic Neisseria species

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GC-Lect agar

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used for pathogenic Neisseria; permits growth of some vanc-sensitive Neisseria that are inhibited by MTM agar

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Buffered charcoal yest extract agar (BCYE)

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growth of nocardia and legionella

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Regan Lowe

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isolation of Bordetella pertussis and parapertussis; inhibits normal flora of nasopharynx and yeast/fungi

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Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA)

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General fungal media. Inhibits growt of some bacteria due to high glucose content and low pH.

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Potato Flake Agar (PFA)

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Primary recovery media for saprophytic (living on dead organic matter) and pathogenic fungi

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Yeast ChromAgar

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Selective medium for isolation and presumptive identification of yeast and filamentous fungi. Candida species different colors.

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Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA)

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Used for prep of microslide culture and sporulation of dermatophytes. Demontrates pigment by T. rubrum

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Dermatophyte Test medium (DTM)

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SDA with added cyclohexamide to inhibit saprotrophic growth. Antibiotics to inhibit bacterial growth and phenol red as pH indicator (agar turns red in presence of dermatophytes)

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Cycloheximide agar

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Primary recovery media for dermatophytes and dimorphic fungi. Contains chloramphenicol and cyclohexamide to inhibit bacteria and saprophytic fungi respectrively.

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Brain-Heart-Infusion agar

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enriched media for fastidious fungi.

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Lowenstein-Jensen Media

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semisolid egg-based media
contains malachite green
used for MTB and NTMs

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MGIT Broth media

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modified middlebrook broth medai

antiobiotic cocktail added to suppress growth of other bacteria

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C. diptheria media

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Modified Tinsdale media

Cystine tellurite blood agar

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quad plate

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Used to grow H. influenza. Has factors X (hemin) and V (NAD) required for H. flu growth.

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CCFA media (cycloserine cefoxitin fructose)

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selective for C. difficile, yellow ground-glass colonies