SOME STUDIES ON THE LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF ANAEROBES BY USING MULTISET KITS

Document Type : Research article

Authors

Dept. of Medicine & Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Vet. Med. Assiut university,

Abstract

Study on biochemical properties of cl. tetani were made with Api 20 A system. 48 hrs. incubation was found to be sufficient and reasonable for the routine use of kits in anaerobic bacteriology. Lombard Dowell medium is necessary only when solid media is used. The Lombard Dowell medium could be inoculated with fluid cultures too, even this medium can be success fully substituted with fluid medium like thioglycollat medium. Api 20 A multikit system was found to be rap < /strong>id, simple and economic method for the identification of anaerobes in routine diagnosis.