Article: Mueller-Hinton agar superior to blood agar for methicillin-resistant S. aureus detection.

Article: Blood Agar, Hemolysis, and Hemolytic Reactions
World of Microbiology and Immunology;      700+ words ...Blood agar, hemolysis, and hemolytic reactions Blood agar is a solid growth medium that contains red blood cells ... is used to distinguish bacteria from one another. The blood agar medium is prepared in a two-step process. First ...

Article: Listeria monocytogenes blood agar effective for ...
Biotech Week;  April 28, 2004 ;     629 words ... ... NewsRx.net) -- Listeria monocytogenes blood agar is effective for microorganism isolation ... additional agar medium, L. monocytogenes Blood Agar (LMBA), was utilized as part of the ... assessment of Listeria monocytogenes blood agar for isolation. Int J Food Microbiol ...

Article: Evaluation of Crystal Violet Blood Agar for Primary ...
Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology;  April 1, 2005 ;     616 words ... ... 2004 page 201, entitled "Evaluation of crystal violet blood agar for primary isolation and identification of Group A-beta ... Recommended concentrations of crystal violet in crystal violet blood agar are actually even lower (1: 10,00,000 and 1: 5,00 ...

Article: Ruling out Bacillus anthracis.(Dispatches)
Emerging Infectious Diseases;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Most effective were the use of horse blood agar, motility testing after isolates had ... hemolysis on sheep (2,3) or horse (3) blood agar plates and the organism's lack of motility ... produce different hemolysis patterns on blood agar plates made of blood from different species ...

Article: Screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ...
Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology;  January 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... at different sites using oxacillin blood agar and mannitol salt agar with oxacillin ... colonization was the anterior nares. Oxacillin blood agar was found to be superior to mannitol ... salt agar with oxacillin and oxacillin blood agar) for their efficiency in isolating MRSA ...

Article: A prospective, randomised, double-blind study of comparative ...
Indian Journal of Medical Sciences;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... These swabs were inoculated on blood agar plates. To maintain a consistency in ... and was inoculated on one half of the blood agar plate. The whole diaphragm was then ... inoculated on the second half of the same blood agar plate. The concerned doctor was advised ...

Article: Clean hands, dirty hands
Clinical Laboratory Science;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Dirty Hands." Several large sterile blood agar plates were obtained from a local hospital ... the 'Dirty Hands' and 'Clean Hands' blood agar plates and asked to come up with their ... viruses (which cannot be seen on the blood agar) or bacteria that can make them get ...