A new selective method for isolation of Haemophilus species.
Chocolate agar with teicoplanin disk (30 micrograms) was used for the isolation of Haemophilus strains. Fifty strains of 3 Haemophilus species grew as well in the inhibition zones of teicoplanin disks as on teicoplanin containing selective plates, whereas Gram-positive bacteria failed to form colonies. This selective method proved especially advantageous when Haemophilus strains were isolated from mixed bacterial cultures of 665 specimens.
Csukás
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Institute of Microbiology, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
Cserba
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006190:Haemophilus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D017334:Teicoplanin / Q000494:pharmacology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017334:Teicoplanin