Types of culture media-classification Types of culture media The food material or substances required for growing microorganisms in vitro (outside the body) is called culture medium. It is important to grow microorganisms outside the body for the following purposes: 1. to identify the cause of infection from the clinical sample, so that proper treatment can […]
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types of culture- classification Q. 1 An outbreak of streptococcal pharyngitis has occured in a remote village. In order to carry out the epidemiological investigations of the outbreak it is necessary to perform the culture of the throat swab of the patients suffering from the disease. The transport media of choice would be – A
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TYPES OF CULTURE MEDIA-I Alkaline Peptone Water Alkaline Peptone Water is a broth medium for the enrichment of Vibrio species from food, water and clinical samples. Shread, et al. formulated peptone water for use as a nonselective enrichment broth for the cultivation of Enterobacteriaceae from foodstuffs and other specimens. Alkaline Peptone Water is a modification
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Types of culture media-I Q. 1 A 20 years old male patient presents to the STD clinic with a genital ulcer. The gram stain of the smear from the ulcer shows gram negative coccobacilli. Which of the following is the most appropriate culture medium for diagnosing the organism? A Thayer-Martin Medium B Blood agar with
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TYPES OF CULTURE MEDIA-II Mueller Hinton Agar (MHA) Mueller and Hinton developed Mueller Hinton Agar (MHA) in 1941 for the isolation of pathogenic Neisseriaspecies Five percent sheep blood and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide may also be added when susceptibility testing is done on Streptococcus species, This type is also commonly used for susceptibility testing of Campylobacter. It is a non-selective, non-differential medium.
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TYPES OF CULTURE MEDIA-II Q. 1 Loeffler’s syndrome is seen with all except : A >Toxocara B >Strongyloides stercoralisL. tryptophan C >Giardiasis D Giardiasis Q. 1 Loeffler’s syndrome is seen with all except : A >Toxocara B >Strongyloides stercoralisL. tryptophan C >Giardiasis D Giardiasis Ans. D Explanation: Giardiasis [Ref. Harrison 161h/e p 1520] Pulmonary diseases
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