Thermo Fisher, PB1055A, Brazier's Clostridium Difficile Selective Agar (HPA)

Description: Brazier's Clostridium Difficile Selective Agar (HPA)
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Clostridium difficile was first isolated in 1935 by Hall and O’Toole^1 who proposed the name ‘difficile’ because it was very difficult to isolate. Toxicogenic isolates of C. difficile have been demonstrated to be a major cause of antibiotic-associated ileo-caecitis in laboratory animals^2 and pseudomembranous colitis in man^3,4Use Brazier’s Clostridium Difficile Selective Agar for the isolation and presumptive identification of Clostridium difficile from clinical samples.
• Helps presumptive identification ofdifficilethrough odour detection of p-cresol.
• Selects forC. difficilefrom the abundant flora that can be present within fecal samples.
• Easily differentiatesdifficilefrom lecithinase positive clostridia due to addition of Egg Yolk Emulsion. Lecithinase breaks down lecithin present in egg yolk emulsion producing insoluble opaque precipitation around the colony.
• Optimises UV light recognition of colonies due to the presence of lysed horse blood.
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