THIOL BROTH

Thiol Medium is used for culturing microorganisms from body fluids and also other materials containing antibiotics like penicillin, streptomycin or sulphonamides. The efficacy of Thiol Medium to retain viability of Vibrio was initially described by Huddleson. The ability of Thiol Medium to neutralize antibacterials was demonstrated by Christensen. This media can also be used for the cultivation and maintenance of Haemophilus, Vibrio and Meningococci. Thiol Broth which is Thiol Medium devoid of agar is also recommended for growing anaerobic bacteria in blood cultures and for recovery of nutritionally variant Streptococci and Bacteriodes.

for cultivation of bacteria from body ?uids containing Penicillin, Streptomycin and Sulphonamides