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Selective buffered charcoal-yeast extract medium for isolation of nocardiae from mixed cultures
M A Garrett1, H T Holmes, F S Nolte
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
The recovery of Nocardia species from mixed cultures is facilitated by use of a selective medium. We show that buffered charcoal-yeast extract medium with polymyxin, anisomycin, and vancomycin can be used for the selective isolation of nocardiae from contaminated specimens.