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Sabouraud Dextrose Agar Deeps (Pour Tube), 20 mL
| Cat. # | Description | Qty. | Unit |
| 297812 | Sabouraud Dextrose Agar Deeps (Pour Tube), 20 mL | 10 | SP |
Sabouraud Dextrose Agar is used in qualitative procedures for cultivation of dermatophytes. The medium is rendered more selective for fungi by the addition of chloramphenicol.
| Catalog # | Description | Quantity | Unit |
| 297812 | Sabouraud Dextrose Agar Deeps (Pour Tube), 20 mL | 10 | SP |
BBL™ Sabouraud Dextrose Agar · BBL™ Sabouraud Dextrose Agar with Chloramphenicol
Revision: 09 Revision Date: 02/01/2011
Sabouraud Dextrose Agar is used in qualitative procedures for cultivation of dermatophytes. The medium is rendered more selective for fungi by the addition of chloramphenicol.
Sabouraud Dextrose Agar is a general purpose medium devised by Sabouraud for the cultivation of dermatophytes.1 The low pH of approximately 5.6 is favorable for the growth of fungi, especially dermatophytes, and slightly inhibitory to contaminating bacteria in clinical specimens.2-4 The addition of chloramphenicol is a modification designed to increase bacterial inhibition and enable the isolation from contaminated specimens of opportunistic fungi that cause clinical infections resembling dermatophytosis but are sensitive to the cycloheximide included in some selective fungal media.3,4
See “Quality Control Procedures.”
Quality Control requirements must be performed in accordance with applicable local, state and/or federal regulations or accreditation requirements and your laboratory’s standard Quality Control procedures. It is recommended that the user refer to pertinent CLSI (formerly NCCLS) guidance and CLIA regulations for appropriate Quality Control practices.
A single electrode of sufficiently small size to fit into the tubes should be used to determine the pH potentiometrically of tubed, bottled and Mycoflask™ brand media. The tip of the electrode should be positioned in the central portion of the agar mass in semisolid or solid media.
| Sabouraud Dextrose Agar | |||||
| Approximate Formula* Per Liter Purified Water | |||||
| Pancreatic Digest of Casein | 5.0 | g | |||
| Peptic Digest of Animal Tissue | 5.0 | g | |||
| Dextrose | 40.0 | g | |||
| Agar | 15.0 | g | |||
| *Adjusted and/or supplemented as required to meet performance criteria. | |||||
Sabouraud Dextrose Agar with Chloramphenicol contains 0.05 g of chloramphenicol in addition to the ingredients listed above.
For in vitro Diagnostic Use.
Tubes with tight caps should be opened carefully to avoid injury due to breakage of glass.
Pathogenic microorganisms, including hepatitis viruses and Human Immunodeficiency Virus, may be present in clinical specimens. "Standard Precautions"6-9 and institutional guidelines should be followed in handling all items contaminated with blood and other body fluids. After use, prepared tubes, specimen containers and other contaminated materials must be sterilized by autoclaving before discarding.
Information shown on this page is a short summary extracted from the QC/PI Manual, available as a PDF under the Related Documents section of this page.
