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A Modified tellurite medium for the detection and isolation of Corynebacterium diphtheriae in routine diagnostic work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. C. Kerrin  and
H. W. Gaze
J. C. Kerrin
Affiliation:
From the Department of Bacteriology and Preventive Medicine, University of Manchester
H. W. Gaze
Affiliation:
From the Department of Bacteriology and Preventive Medicine, University of Manchester
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1. A further improvement in the modified McLeod's medium (Gaze, 1933) has resulted from the substitution of saccharose for glucose with the addition of Andrade's indicator.

2. Of the total positive swabs, the saccharose-containing medium detected about 22 per cent which were negative on Loeffler's medium, whereas it failed to detect only 0·36 per cent.

3. On this medium colonies typical of the gravis, intermediate and mitis types are formed and can be easily differentiated with the aid of a hand lens. It is also invaluable for the isolation of pure cultures.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 1937 , pp. 280 - 285
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1937

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