Aerobic Culture of Sputum Specimen

Culture medium	24 hours of culture	48 hours of culture	1 week of culture	2 weeks of culture	4-6 weeks of culture
Blood agar plate	Streptococcus mitis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae	Streptococcus mitis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae	dried out and useless	dried out and useless	dried out and useless
Chocolate agar plate	Streptococcus mitis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Neisseria meningitidis	Streptococcus mitis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Neisseria meningitidis	dried out and useless	dried out and useless	dried out and useless
MacConkey agar plate	No growth	No growth	dried out and useless	dried out and useless	dried out and useless
Lowenstein Jensen agar slant	No growth	No growth	No growth	No growth	No growth
Sabouraud Dextrose agar plate	No growth	No growth	dried out and useless	dried out and useless	dried out and useless