Table 3.

The media and culture methods for bacteria and candida

Strains	Media	Temp.	Time
Bacteria
A. baumannii, E. faecalis,	Blood agar base a	37°C	24 h
E. faecium, E. coli, K. pneumoniae,
P. mirabilis, P. aeruginosa,
S. enteritidis, S. aureus,
S. epidermidis, S. saprophyticus,
S. maltophilia, S. agalactiae,
S. pyogenes, S. pneumoniae
G. vaginalis *	Blood agar base	37°C	48 h
H. influenzae *	Thayer Martin media b		24 h
N. gonorrhoeae *			48 h
Candida
C. albicans, C. tropicalis,	Sabouraud dextrose agar c	37°C	24 h
C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis,
C. guilliermondii, C. krusei,
C. neoformans		30°C	48 h

^a,b,c Oxoid, Basingstoke, UK; ^a supplemented with 5% sheep blood; ^b supplemented with 5% horse blood; * cultured in a candle jar.