The Evaluation and Comparison of Two Transport Media for the Growth, Holding and Transport of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae.
Abstract
Urethral discharge from men attending a dedicated STI clinic was collected and directly inoculated in a solid culture media and held in three types of semi-solid transport medium for varying periods and then cultured. The performance of the different media was compared for growth, holding and transport of Neisseria gonorrhoae. Amies’transport media performed much better than T-I with a viability of 62.4 % which was improved to 88.2% if used in combination with NYC at ambient temperature. However, the viability of subcultures decreased dramatically in all media by day 4 and 5/6 days with Amies at 25.8% and 14.0% respectively. Keywords: Amies’, NYC and T-I Culture media, Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
How to cite
Radebe Frans, Gumede Lindy, Ricketts Charles, Vezi Alex, Maseko Vanessa, Lewis David Arthur (October 2014). The Evaluation and Comparison of Two Transport Media for the Growth, Holding and Transport of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae.. International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 3 — November 2014, pp. 39-45.