Diagnóstico laboratorial da difteria realizado com um novo meio de cultura na complementaçao do eugonagar

Abstract

A new culture médium elaborated by the authors permitted a quick selective and luxuriant growtti of Corynebacterium diphteriae For its constitution they used Eugoiagar Vera (BBL), and ad- 4ed starch, maltose, hemolyzed :heep plasma, neutral red and a J% aqueous solution of potas- ;ium telluríte. This médium, according to the zuthors, showed more effectivc *ian any other in the detection cf Corynebacterium.