An outbreak of streptococcal pharyngitis has occured in a remote village. In order to carry out the epidemiological investigations of the outbreak it is necessary to perform the culture of the throat swab of the patients suffering from the disease. The transpo media of choice would be -
Ans. is 'b' i.e., Pike's media "For cultures, swabs should be collected under vision from the affected site and either plated immediately or sent to the laboratory in Pike's medium (blood agar containing crystal violet and sodium azide)".
Salt mannitol media
Pike's media
Stua's media
Cary Blair media