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Can I do the latex test on colonies taken from Mannitol Salt Agar?

April 26, 2017colonies latex mannitol Test

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Can I do the latex test on colonies taken from Mannitol Salt Agar?

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A. Do not use colonies grown on high salt containing media (such as Mannitol Salt Agar) to perform the latex agglutination test. Rough, stringy non-interpretable results can occur is isolates are tested from high salt containing media or colonies that are greater than 48 hours old.

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A. Do not use colonies grown on high salt containing media (such as Mannitol Salt Agar) to perform the latex agglutination test. Rough, stringy non-interpretable results can occur if isolates are tested from high salt containing media or colonies that are greater than 48 hours old.