A child is diagnosed to have acute gastroenteritis. The consulting pediatrician wants to send a stool sample to a lab which is 16-18 hours away. Which of the following mediums should he use to send this sample –
Charcol cotton bud
Carry Blair medium
Sterilized jar
A medium with high CO2 content
In acute gastroenteritis stool culture should be obtained as early as possible.
"Fecal specimens that cannot immediately be plated for culture can be transported to the laboratory in a non-nutrient holding medium such as Carry-Blair to prevent drying or overgrowth of specific organisms".