Journal: FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology

Article Title: Toxigenic bacteria and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): nasopharyngeal flora during the first year of life

doi: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.1999.tb01326.x

Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 2. Percentage of infants from whom S. aureus, St. pyogenes, N. lactamica or H. in£uenza were isolated during their ¢rst year.

Article Snippet: The swabs were cultured on selective media for the following: S. aureus (nutrient agar with 5% NaCl, Oxoid); L-haemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes (crystal violet blood agar, Oxoid); Neisseria species (Modi¢ed New York City medium, Cherwell Laboratories) ; B. pertussis (charcoal agar with cephalexin, Oxoid); and Haemophilus in£uenzae (Columbia agar with chocolate horse blood and bacitracin, Oxoid).

Techniques: Isolation

Journal: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Article Title: As a Bacterial Culture Medium, Citrated Sheep Blood Agar Is a Practical Alternative to Citrated Human Blood Agar in Laboratories of Developing Countries

doi: 10.1128/jcm.02631-05

Figure Lengend Snippet: FIG. 1. Growth of S. pneumoniae ATCC 6305 on the four different blood agars at a dilution of 1 101 CFU/ml.

Article Snippet: Appearances of colonies and zones of hemolysis for tested strains on four different blood agar plates Strain and characteristic a Appearance of colonies and hemolysis on blood agar plates HBA CSBA DSBA HuBA S. pneumoniae ATCC 6305 Colony appearance Shiny, grey Mucoid, grey Dull, grey Dull, grey Colony size (mm) 1 1 1 Pinpoint Alpha-hemolysis Small, 1 mm Obvious, 1–5 mm Obvious, 1 mm Absent S. pneumoniae ATCC 49619 Colony appearance Shiny, mucoid grey Dry, grey Dry, grey Shiny, grey Colony size (mm) 1 1.5 1 Pinpoint Alpha-hemolysis Obvious, 1 mm Obvious, 1–5 mm Obvious, 1 mm Absent S. aureus ATCC 25923 Colony appearance Opaque white glossy Opaque white glossy Opaque white glossy Opaque white glossy Colony size (mm) 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 Beta hemolysis Faint, 1 mm Obvious, 1 mm Obvious, 1 mm Absent S. aureus ATCC 29213 Colony appearance Opaque yellow glossy Opaque yellow glossy Opaque yellow glossy Opaque yellow glossy Colony size (mm) 1.5 1.5 1.5 1 Beta-hemolysis Faint, 1 mm Obvious, 1.8 mm Obvious, 1.8 mm Faint, 1 mm S. pyogenes ATCC 19615 Colony appearance Glossy white Dry grey-white Dry grey Glossy white Colony size (mm) 1 1–2 1 Pinpoint Beta-hemolysis Obvious, 5 mm Faint, 1 mm Obvious, 1 mm Absent S. pyogenes strain JC20 Colony appearance Glossy white Glossy white Glossy white Glossy white Colony size (mm) 1.5–1.8 1 1 Pinpoint Beta-hemolysis Obvious, 1–5 mm Obvious, 1 mm Obvious, 1 mm Absent a A clinical isolate of S. pneumoniae and a clinical isolate of S. aureus were also tested (results not shown). on F ebruary 22, 2015 by guest http://jcm .asm .org/ D ow nloaded from HuBA (Table 2; Fig. 1).

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