Causative agents of MENINGITIS

Here are the slides, test tubes and plates from our second microbiology practical class.

Gram +ve diplococci : PNEUMOCOCCI

Acid fast bacilli : MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS

stain - Ziehl Neelsen stain

bacilli - pink

pus - blue

Gram -ve bacilli

Gram -ve diplococci : NEISSERIA smear

stain - Methylene blue

Gram -ve diplococci : NEISSERIA smear

stain - Gram stain

Gram -ve diplococci : NEISSERIA culture

Test tubes :

1. Lowenstein Jensen Medium (LJ)

2. Egg saline

Plates :

1. Blood agar

2. Chocolate agar