Selective medium for the isolation of streptococci from clinical specimens.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 22 ·No. 5 ·1971-11-00 ·Pages 942-3

Vincent WF, Gibbons WE, Gaafar HA

Abstract

Incorporating neomycin and nalidixic acid into a blood-agar base resulted in a medium highly selective for beta-hemolytic streptococci under conditions in which detection of streptococcal colonies by conventional means would have been very difficult.

MeSH Terms

Agar Animals Bacteriological Techniques Blood Culture Media Humans Nalidixic Acid Neomycin Pharynx/microbiology Sheep Streptococcal Infections/microbiology Streptococcus/isolation & purification

Chemicals

Culture Media Nalidixic Acid Agar Neomycin

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Vincent W F

Gibbons W E

Gaafar H A

References (3)

3 references, click to expand

Group A streptococcus screening with neomycin blood agar.
Am J Clin Pathol. 1967 Oct;48(4):441-3 PMID: 6053931
Staining bacterial smears with fluorescent antibody. IV. Grouping streptococci with fluorescent antibody.
J Bacteriol. 1958 May;75(5):553-60 PMID: 13538924
Improved dry-swab transportation for streptococcal specimens.
Public Health Rep. 1968 Feb;83(2):143-9 PMID: 4295553

Article Info

Journal

Applied microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Microbiol

ISSN

0003-6919

DOI

10.1128/am.22.5.942-943.1971

Published

1971-11-00

Pages

942-3

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605802

PMCID

PMC376454

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.22.5.942-943.1971 PMC Full Text

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