Special Media Flashcards
Enteric pathogens—for Salmonella, Shigella
Special and enriched/enrichment media
Hektoen enteric agar(S) Xylose-lysin-deoxycholate agar (S) Deoxycholate citrate agar (S) Eosin methylene blue agar (S) MacConkey (D and S) Salmonella Shigella agar (S) Wilson blair for Salmonella (S) Selenite F broth (En), Tetrathionate broth (En)
Blood culture—for blood-borne pathogens - Special and enriched/enrichment media
Castaneda’s biphasic media (E): Brain-heart infusion agar slope and broth
Vibrio cholerae (likes alkaline growth medium) - Special and enriched/enrichment media
TCBS (Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Sucrose agar) (S)
Mansour’s Gelatin Taurocholate Trypticase agar (S)
Alkaline bile salt agar (S)
APW: Alkaline Peptone Water (En)
S.aureus - Special and enriched/enrichment media
Mannitol salt agar (S)
Milk salt agar (S)
Ludlam’s medium (S)
Streptococcus - Special and enriched/enrichment media
Crystal violet blood agar (S)
Neisseria - Special and enriched/enrichment media
Chocolate agar (E), Thayer-Martin media (S), Modified New York medium (S)
Corynebacterium - Special and enriched/enrichment media
Loeffler’s serum medium (E) Potassium tellurite agar (S)
Bacillus anthracis - Special and enriched/enrichment media
PLET: Polymyxin Lithium EDTA Thalious acetate (S)
Bacillus cereus - Special and enriched/enrichment media
MYPA: Mannitol egg yolk phenol red polymyxin agar (S)
Anaerobes - Special and enriched/enrichment media
Thioglycollate (En)
Robertson cooked meat broth (En)
Listeria - Special and enriched/enrichment media
PALCAM agar (S)
Pseudomonas - Special and enriched/enrichment media
Cetrimide agar (S), King’s media (for pigment)
Burkholderia - Special and enriched/enrichment media
Ashdown’s medium
Haemophilus - Special and enriched/enrichment media
Blood agar with staph streak (E) Chocolate agar (E) Levinthal's medium (E), Fildes agar (E)
Bordetella - Special and enriched/enrichment media
Regan low media (E)
Bordet Gengou Glycerin potato blood agar (E)
Lacey’s DFP media (S)