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Learn the medium used to identify each organism.

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What medium is used to identify anaerobes?

A

Thioglycolate

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What medium is used to identify Corynebacterium?

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Loffler coagulated serum medium (S)
Tellurite agar (D)
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What medium is used to identify Enteric BACTERIA?

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Eosin methylene blue (D)

MacConkey (D&S)

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What medium is used to identify Enteric PATHOGENS?

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Hektoen enteric agar (D)

Xylose-lysine-deoxycholate agar

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What medium is used to identify Vibrio cholerae?

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TCBS (Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose agar) (S)

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What medium is used to identify Legionella?

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Charcoal-yeast extract agar (CYE agar) (S)

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What medium is used to identify Mycobacterium?

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Lowenstein-Jensen medium (S)

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What medium is used to identify Neisseria from normally sterile sites or Haemophilus?

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Chocolate agar

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What medium is used to identify Neisseria from sites with normal flora?

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Thayer-Martin selective medium (VPN) (S)

Vancomycin, nystatin, collistin to inhibit the normal flora

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Thioglycolate identifies what types of organisms?

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Anaerobes

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Loffler coagulated serum medium and Tellurite agar identify what type of organism?

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Corynebacterium

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Eosin methylene blue and MacConkey identify what type of organism?

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Enteric BACTERIA

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Hektoen enteric agar and Xylose-lysine-deoxycholate agar identify what type of organism?

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Enteric PATHOGENS

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TCBS (Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose agar) identifies what type of organism?

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Vibrio cholerae

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Charcoal-yeast extract (CYE) agar identifies what type of organism?

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Legionella

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16
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Lowensein-Jensen medium identifies what type of organism?

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Mycobacterium

17
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Chocolate agar identifies what type of organism?

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Neisseria from normally sterile sites

Haemophilus

18
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Thayer-Martin selective medium (VPN) identifies what type of organism?

A

Neisseria from sites with normal flora

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