Thioglycollate medium (broth)

[mrmic]

Does anyone still utilzie this broth with routine cultures?  If you have specific sources/sites that you use or don't use what are they?   Has there been a recent paper published regarding the use of thio?   We have had a increasing number of physicians requesting how the organism was growing in the broth, i.e., at the top, at the bottom, etc....

We have been trying to limit our use of Thio broth because of getting so much contaminating flora being picked up, especially from swab specimens....  Just would like to hear where everyone else is with this.

 

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[PalmerSil]

We still use thio broth on deep wound cultures or cultures from normally sterile sites. I haven't heard of any papers on growth in thio, and none of our providers have asked about growth in thio.