Paper I — 2024 March (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) — Q16

Paper I

2024 March (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min

Question

Name TWO transport media.

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Answer

Two transport media: Cary-Blair medium (used for stool/enteric pathogen transport, e.g., Vibrio cholerae, Shigella) and Stuart’s transport medium (used for general clinical swab specimens, e.g., throat/wound swabs, preserving organism viability without allowing overgrowth).

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