Tuesday 19 September 2017

image Q. 82 - 'Egg'cellent medium

Q.   Egg- based culture media is used to diagnose which if these?


a. Syphillis
b. Gonnorrhoea
c. Tetanus
d. Tuberculosis
e. Genital warts






























































































































































Answer -
d

Lowenstein - Jensen ( LJ) medium is most commonly used for mycobacteria, both tubercular or non-tubercular mycobacteria.

It is an egg based medium. Samples are incubated at 30 and 37 degrees.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis grows at 37 degrees while some non tubercular bacteria grow at 30 degrees like M. marinum and M. chelonea.

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