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Comparative Study
. 1977 Sep;6(3):293-7.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.6.3.293-297.1977.

Imferon agar: improved medium for isolation of pathogenic Neisseria

S M Payne, R A Finkelstein
Comparative Study

Imferon agar: improved medium for isolation of pathogenic Neisseria

S M Payne et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1977 Sep.

Abstract

Imferon, an iron-dextran complex, enhances the growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis. The use of Imferon as a replacement for ferric nitrate, in a defined supplement for GC agar significantly increased the average colony sizes of both gonococci and meningococci. In comparison with Thayer-Martin medium, Imferon agar increased the speed and rate of isolation of gonococci from clinical specimens.

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