title: Mycological culture media and its quality control.
abstract: The need for control of the quality of media used in the isolation and identification of fungi is an important aspect of the overall quality control of laboratory culture media; however, guidelines for such controls have not been available. In this paper, primary isolation media with and without appropriate drugs are suggested for use on a variety of specimens. Positive and negative quality control organisms that indicate clear-cut postiive and negative results on the fungal media to be tested are listed. Several alternative procedures for maintenance of fungi are discussed.
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media; D005658:Fungi / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology; D011786:Quality Control
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media