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KURT LOEWENTHAL, M.D.

Arch Dermatol. 1961;84(2):256-260.

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The need to improve the isolation technique for pathogenic fungi has prompted the use of nutrient media designed selectively to inhibit nonpathogenic micro-organisms without interfering with the growth of pathogenic fungi. While many of the selective media recommended hardly passed the stage of initial introduction, 2 received increasing attention and acclaim, namely, Littman's¹ oxgall medium and Georg's² cycloheximide agar. Their respective merits were appraised in a number of publications. A few are cited in the following: Littman, McQuown, and Schneidau,³ in 1949, stated that in 222 cases of systemic and cutaneous mycoses 5 to 6 times as many isolates were discovered on oxgall medium as on Sabouraud's dextrose agar. Georg,² in 1953, reported that in cultures from 30 persons with suspected onychomycosis 3 times as many isolates were obtained on cycloheximide medium as on Sabouraud's agar. Shapiro, Mullins, and Pinkerton,⁴ in 1956, performing duplicate cultures . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
FREEPORT, N.Y.

From the Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 21, 1961.

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