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TB Culture

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An acid-fast bacteria (AFB) culture is done to find out if you have tuberculosis (TB) or another mycobacterial infection. Besides TB, the other main mycobacterial infections are leprosy and a TB-like disease that affects people with HIV/AIDS.

AFB and Smear Culture

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Last Modified on April 22, 2021 | No comments

An acid-fast bacteria (AFB) culture is done to find out if you have tuberculosis (TB) or another mycobacterial infection. Besides TB, the other main mycobacterial infections are leprosy and a TB-like disease that affects people with HIV/AIDS.

Mycobactria Culture

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An acid-fast bacteria (AFB) culture is done to find out if you have tuberculosis (TB) or another mycobacterial infection. Besides TB, the other main mycobacterial infections are leprosy and a TB-like disease that affects people with HIV/AIDS.

AFB Culture

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An acid-fast bacteria (AFB) culture is done to find out if you have tuberculosis (TB) or another mycobacterial infection. Besides TB, the other main mycobacterial infections are leprosy and a TB-like disease that affects people with HIV/AIDS.

General Purpose Media

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Last Modified on November 26, 2020 | No comments

General Purpose media is designed to grow most organisms and do not contain growth inhibitors. Standard Methods Agar and Blood Agar Bases are examples of general purpose media.

Resuscitation Culture Media

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This is a special type of medium that is used to grow microorganisms that are damaged and have lost the ability to produce due to certain harmful environmental factors.

Selective Culture Media

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Last Modified on November 26, 2020 | 1 comment

Selective media are designed to inhibit unwanted commensal or contaminating bacteria and help to recover pathogen from a mixture of bacteria.

Enrichment Culture Media

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Last Modified on November 26, 2020 | 1 comment

Enrichment media are liquid media that also serves to inhibit commensals in the clinical specimen. Selenite F broth, tetrathionate broth and alkaline peptone water are used to recover pathogens from fecal specimens.

Preservation Culture Media

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Last Modified on November 26, 2020 | 2 comments

It contains all the basic nutrients required for microbial growth and is used to preserve a particular type of microorganism, preferably bacteria or for a long time a set of different microbial entities.