Medium

Question 1

Selective holding medium for Campylobacter spp

Answer 1

Campylobacter thioglycollate broth (CTB)

Question 2

Selective medium for Clostridium difficile

Answer 2

Cycloserine- Cefoxitine Fructose Agar

Question 3

Improved growth of obligate, slow-growing anaerobes

Answer 3

CDC anaerobe 5% sheep blood agar

Question 4

Selective medium for isolation of Campylobacter spp

Answer 4

Cefoperazone, vancomycin, amphotericin (CVA) medium

Question 5

Selective for Yersinia spp; may be useful for isolation of Aeromonas spp

Answer 5

Cefsulodin-irgasan-novobiocin (CIN) agar

Question 6

Cultivation of Haemophilus spp. and pathogenic Neisseria spp

Answer 6

Chocolate Agar

Question 7

Designed to optimize growth and differentiate a specific type of organism. It is routinely used to identify yeast, MRSA, and other organisms

Answer 7

Chromogenic agar

Question 8

Selective isolation of gram-positive cocci

Answer 8

Columbia colistin-nalidixic acid agar (CNA)

Question 9

Isolation of C. diphtheriae medium

Answer 9

Cystine-tellurite blood agar

Question 10

Isolation and differentiation of lactose-fermenting and non-lactose fermenting enteric bacilli

Answer 10

Eosin methylene blue agar (EMB)

Question 11

Specific medium for Leptospira interrogans

Answer 11

EMJH medium and Fletcher medium

Question 12

Legionella spp

Answer 12

Feeley-Gorman medium