TABLE 1.

Comparison of bacteriological media and Sabouraud agar for the recovery of yeast from 50 yeast-positive pus specimens

Medium	Type of bacteria recovered	No. of specimens from which yeast was recovered	No. of specimens yielding yeast growth rated:
			Heavy	Moderate	Light
Bacteriological medium plus Sabouraud agar	No bacteria detected	6	1	3	2
	Aerobic gram-negative rodsa	12	3	8	1
	Aerobic gram-positive cocci	10	1	2	7
Sabouraud agar only	No bacteria detected	0	0	0	0
	Aerobic gram-negative rodsa	18	4	9	5
	Aerobic gram-positive cocci	4	0	1	3
Total		50	9	23	18

^aIn some cases, aerobic gram-positive cocci were also detected.