Thayer-Martin agar
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Thay·er-Mar·tin a·gar
(thā'ĕr mar'tin), a Mueller-Hinton agar with 5% heat-hemolyzed sheep blood and antibiotics, used for transport and primary isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis.
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Thay·er-Mar·tin a·gar
(thā'ĕr mahr'tin ā'gahr) An enriched medium containing heat-hemolyzed ovine blood, growth stimulants, and antibiotics; used for transport and primary isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis.
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Martin,
J.E., Thayer-Martin agar - see under
Thayer
Thayer,
James D., Thayer-Martin agar - used for transport and primary isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitides. Synonym(s):
Thayer-Martin medium Medical Eponyms © Farlex 2012
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abortus it was used
Thayer-Martin agar, and sheep blood agar (Difco, USA), incubated at 37[degrees]C for 10 days.
pylori growth in an average of 36 hours for primary isolations and 24 hours for subcultures, with an isolation rate of 92.8% (65/70) whereas an isolation rate of 47% (31/66) in Kenya was achieved in growth using Modified
Thayer-Martin agar after 4 days of incubation.
Half of the volume from each specimen was cultured on modified
Thayer-Martin agar (10), and the other half was processed for polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
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