Aerobic Culture of Sputum Specimen

Culture medium 24 hours of culture 48 hours of culture
Other tests:
Blood agar plate Many alpha hemolytic, catalase negative colonies. Gram stain of one of these colonies. Many alpha hemolytic, catalase negative colonies.  Sensitivity to Taxo P disc.
Chocolate agar plate Many small catalase negative colonies Many small catalase negative colonies
MacConkey agar plate No growth No growth
Lowenstein Jensen agar slant No growth No growth
Sabouraud Dextrose agar plate No growth No growth

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