From: Bacterial infections in Lilongwe, Malawi: aetiology and antibiotic resistance
Organism | Media | Tests for presumptive identification | Susceptibility panel | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|
Salmonellae | BAP | Gram stain; | GNP | Disc diffusion |
 | MAC | TSI; |  |  |
 |  | Indole; |  |  |
 |  | Colony morphology; |  |  |
 |  | Urease |  |  |
Enteric gram negative bacilli | BAP | Gram stain; | GNP | Disc diffusion |
 | MAC | Colony morphology |  |  |
 |  | Indole; |  |  |
 |  | Oxidase; |  |  |
 |  | TSI; |  |  |
 |  | Citrate; |  |  |
 |  | Urease |  |  |
N. meningitidis | BAP | Gram stain | None | None |
 | CHOC | Oxidase |  |  |
 | TM | Thayer-Martin |  |  |
S. pneumoniae | BAP | Gram stain | GPP | Disc diffusion |
 | CHOC | Hemolysis Catalase | Oxacillin |  |
 |  | Bile solubility | screening test |  |
S. aureus | BAP | Gram stain | GPP | Disc diffusion |
 | CHOC | Catalase | Oxacillin |  |
 | MSA | Coagulase |  |  |
 |  | Staphlex |  |  |
C. neoformans | Sabouraud's | Gram stain | None | None |
 | BAP | India Ink |  |  |
 |  | Urease |  |  |
Haemophilus | BAP | Gram stain | None | None |
 | CHOC | Oxidase |  |  |
 |  | API-NH |  |  |
S. pyogenes | BAP | Haemolysis | GPP | Disc diffusion |
 |  | Gram stain |  |  |