MYCOVIRO - CH 59 Tables Flashcards
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Primary recovery of saprobic and pathogenic fungi
Brain-heart infusion agar
Primary recovery of pathogenic fungi exclusive of dermatophytes
Brain-heart infusion agar with
antibiotics
Recovery of fungi from blood
Brain-heart infusion biphasic blood culture bottles
Isolation and presumptive identification of yeast and filamentous fungi
Chromogenic agar
In chrom agar,
_____ contains substrates that react with enzymes produced by different organisms that result in the production of characteristic color changes.
Chromogen mix
Primary recovery of dermatophytes
mycosel
MoA: Inhibits bacteria and saprophytic fungi
mycosel
Primary recovery of saprobic and pathogenic fungi
solates and enhances growth of pathogenic fungi
SABHI Agar
Identification of Candida albicans by chlamydospore production; identification of C. albicans by microscopic morphology
Cornmeal agar with Tween 80 and trypan blue
Detection of mycobacteria and Nocardia spp., respectively
Acid-fast stain and partial
acid-fast stain
Detection of fungi
Can be mixed with KOH: detects fungi rapidly because of bright fluorescence
Calcofluor white stain
Detection of bacteria
Commonly performed on most clinical specimens submitted for bacteriology; detects most fungi.
Gram stain
Detection of Cryptococcus neoformans in CSF
India ink stain
what stain is Diagnostic of meningitis when positive in CSF
India ink stain
Most widely used method of staining and observing fungi
Lactophenol cotton blue wet mount
Clearing of specimen to make fungi more readily visible
Potassium hydroxide
Examination of secretions for malignant cells
Papanicolaou stain
Detection of fungi in histologic section
Methenamine silver stain
Best stain for detecting fungal elements
Methenamine silver stain
