Stains & Media Flashcards by Jessica Chang

Giemsa

differential stain

Chlamydia
Borrelia
Rickettsiae
Trypanosomes
Plasmodium

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PAS

stains glycogen, mucopolysaccharides

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Ziehl-Neelson (carbol fuschin)

acid-fast organisms

Nocardia
Mycobacterium

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India Ink

capsule
Cryptococcus neoformans
(mucicarmine - red thick polysaccharide)

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Silver Stain

fungi, Legionella, H. pylori

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Haemophilus influenzae

chocolate agar with factors V (NAD+) and X (hematin)

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Neisseria

thayer-martin/VPN media

vancomycin: inhibits Gr(+)
polymixin: inhibits Gr(-), except Neisseria
nystatin: inhibits fungi

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Bordetella pertussis

bordet-gengou (potato) agar

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Tellurite plate, Löffler’s media

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Löwenstein-Jensen agar

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Eaton’s agar

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Lactose-fermenting enterics

pink colonies on MacConkey’s agar

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Legionella

buffered charcoal yeast extract agar with cysteine and iron

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Fungi

Sabouraud’s agar

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MacConkey

isolates Gr(-)
bile salts inhibits Gr(+)

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Vibrio cholerae

TCBS (Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts Sucrose) Agar

alkaline media

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