The primary plating medium for inoculating anaerobic specimens includes

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The primary plating media for inoculating anaerobic specimens includes a nonselective anaerobic blood agar and one or all of the following selective media: Bacteroides bile esculin agar (BBE), laked kanamycin-vancomycin blood agar (LKV), or anaerobic phenylethyl alcohol agar (PEA). In addition, aerobic 5% sheep blood agar, chocolate agar, and MacConkey agar are set up because most anaerobic infections are polymicrobic and may include aerobic or facultative anaerobic bacteria. A backup broth, usually thioglycollate, to enrich for small numbers of anaerobes may also be included on tissues and other sterile specimens. Most anaerobes grow well on any of the foregoing media.

The Primary Plating Medium for Inoculating Anaerobic Specimens Includes