An outbreak of streptococcal pharyngitis has occurred in a remote village. In order to carry out the epidemiological investigations of the outbreak, it is necessary to perform the culture of the throat swab of the patients suffering from the disease. The transpo media of choice would be
Correct Answer: Pike's media
Description: For culture, the throat swab of streptococcal pharyngitis case has to be sent to a laboratory in a suitable transpo medium. Pike's medium: transpo media for streptococcus. It is a blood agar containing 1 in 10,00,000 crystal violet and 1 in 16,000 sodium azide. Reference: Textbook of Microbiology; Anathanarayan and paniker's; 10th edition; Page no: 216
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