Quick Review Cards for Medical Laboratory Science

Routine Culture Setup and

Interpretationcontinued

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SPECIMEN MEDIA NORMAL FLORA COMMON PATHOGENS OTHER

Wound

Eye

Ear

Practices vary. Follow laboratory’s SOP.

Gram stain.

Gram stain. If pos, call.

Keratitis is emergency. Loss

of eye can occur.

Gram stain.

CNS, diphtheroids,

P. acnes. Surgical, aspi-

rate, or tissue: none

CNS, diphtheroids,

P. acnes

Normal skin flora

SBA, CHOC, MAC.

Surgical, aspirate, or

tissue: add anaero-

bic blood, KVLB,

THIO

SBA, CHOC

SBA, CHOC, MAC

S. aureus, beta-hemolytic

strep, Enterobacteriaceae,

P. aeruginosa.Surgical, aspi-

rate, or tissue: also anaerobes.

Human bite: alpha-hemolytic

strep, S. aureus, S. pyogenes,

Eikenella corrodens, anaerobes

H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae,

S. aureus, Enterobacteriaceae,

Pseudomonas

S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae,

GAS,M. catarrhalis, S. aureus,

Pseudomonas