Medical MCQ - In a patient with UTI, LED (Cystine, Lactose Electrolyte Deficiency) Media is preferred over MacConkeys media because -

In a patient with UTI, LED (Cystine, Lactose Electrolyte Deficiency) Media is preferred over MacConkeys media because –

It is differential medium

In inhibits swarming of proteus

Promotes growth of Pseudomonas

Promotes growth of staph aureus and Candida

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Promotes growth of staph aureus and Candida

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MacConkey agar: is mainly used to differentiate between various gram-negative rod-shaped organism. It also inhibits the growth of Gram-positive organism. Thus it is both differential and selective REF:Textbook of microbiology Ananthanarayan page no. 42

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