Special culture requirements Flashcards
What is chocolate agar?
Factors V and X
What bug grows on chocolate agar?
H. influenza
What is Thayer-martin agar?
Vanc: inhibits Gram+
Trimethoprim - inhibits gram neg except Neiss
Colistin - inhibits gram neg except Neiss
Nystatin - inhibits fungi
What bug grows on Thayer-martin agar?
Neisseria
What is the Bordet-Gengou agar?
Potato/blood
What is the Regan Lowe medium?
Charcoal, blood, abx
What grows on Bordet-Gengou?
Bordatella pertussis
What grows on Regan Lowe?
Bordatella pertussis
What grows on tellurite agar or loffler medium?
C. diphteriae
What grows on Lowenstein-Jensen agar?
M. tuberculosis
What grows on eaton agar? What does Eaton agar contain?
Cholesterol. Mycoplasma pneumonia.
What does MacConkey agar select for?
Lactose fermenting enterics - fermentation produces acid, causes colonies to turn pink
What is the eosin-methylene blue agar?
Agar that selects for E.coli, which causes green metallic sheen
What does legionella grow on?
Charcoal yeast extract buffered w/ cysteine and iron
What kind of agar to Fungi grow on?
Sabouraud.