PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tillotson, G S
TI  - Evaluation of ten commercial blood culture systems to isolate a pyridoxal-dependent streptococcus.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.34.8.930
DP  - 1981 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 930--934
VI  - 34
IP  - 8
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/8/930.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/8/930.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1981 Aug 01; 34
AB  - This study evaluated the ability of ten commercial blood cultures to support the growth of a nutritional variant Streptococcus mitior (pyridoxal-dependent). The abilities of two established and two new agar formulations are also reported. The dependable isolation of a fastidious streptococcus can best be obtained with fastidious anaerobe broth (FAB) (Lab M Ltd, Ford Lane, Salford) for blood cultures in conjunction with one of the new media. FAB agar with the addition of heated blood was found to support the growth of pyridoxal-dependent Strep mitior and other fastidious organisms.