Table 1 Culturing conditions
Anaerobic plates (anaerobic conditions) | Chocolate agar plates (aerobic, 5% CO2) | Blood agar plates (aerobic, 5% CO2) | Eosin methylene blue plates (aerobic) | Brain heart infusion agar plates (anaerobic) | Thioglycolate broth (aerobic) | Serum bouillon broth (aerobic) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Soft tissue and body fluids | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Bone samples | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Heart valves | X | X | X | X | |||
Pus samples | X | X | X | X | X |