The best culture medium for primary isolation of H. influenzae is?
Fildes' agar is made by adding peptic digest of blood to nutrient agar. It gives copious growth of H. influenzae (A.K.A Pfeiffer's bacillus)and it is the best culture medium for the primary isolation of H. influenzae. The other media used for the isolation of H. influenzae are chocolate agar, blood agar, nutrient agar and Levinthal's medium.
Chocolate agar
Fildes' agar
Levinthal's medium
Nutrient agar
Systemic Bacteriology (Haemophilus, Yersinia, Spirochaetes, Ricketssia, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma and Miscellaneous Bacteria)