Thermo Scientific™ Candida BCG Agar

Description

• Selectively isolate and presumptively identify Candida species with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Candida BCG Agar
• Candida species ferment the dextrose in the medium causing a reduction in pH in the agar
• Bromocresol green indicator changes from green to yellow when dextrose in fermented causing Candida species to form yellow to yellow-green colonies with a yellow zone
• The Candida BCG Agar is recommended in the Laboratory Methods in Medical Mycology for the isolation and presumptive identification of Candida spp on the basis of colony morphology 1
• Serious infections due to Candida species are becoming increasingly prevalent
• This poses particular problems because of the increasing incidence of non- albicans spp
• and the emergence of non- albicans isolates resistant to both amphotericin B and the newer azoles
• 2 Use Candida BCG Agar for selective isolation and presumptive identification of Candida species
• Selective: selective agent neomycin inhibits aerobic and facultative anaerobic Gram-negative bacteria and some Gram-positive species making it selective for Candida Easy-to-read: Candida species are easy to read as they form yellow to yellow-green colonies with a yellow zone
• Ready-to-use: convenience of prepared media
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• Remel™ and Oxoid™ products are now part of the Thermo Scientific brand.