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Rapid Tests and Reagents Microbiology Time Saving Tests Rapid Tests and Reagents Microbiology Time Saving Tests Manufactured by Rapid Tests and Reagents Microbiology Time Saving Tests Rapid Tests and Reagents Bile, SpotDrops™ Deoxycholate 10%, bile solubility test for Streptococcus pneumoniae. 15ml, Each .......... 10790-366 BlueMount™ A permanent mounting fluid and preservative that contains the stain lactophenol cotton blue. 15ml, Each .......... 10324-560 Butyrate See CatScreen™. C. diff PRO™ C. diff PRO™ Card Test Kit is recommended for use Albiquick™, for Candida albicans, Cat. no. 10324-428. in screening suspected AlbiQuick™ Beta-Lactamase, Chromogenic Clostridium difficile isolates A rapid five minute enzymatic See Nitrocef. for L-proline aminopeptidase card test to aid in the activity and a lack of indole ™ identification of Candida Bile, HardyDisks activity. albicans. (See image below.) To aid in the identification of 25 tests/kit ........... 10053-794 25 tests ..................10324-428 Bacteroides fragilis group on the basis of bile resistance. Campylobacter Anaerobe Identification 50 disks/cartridge .. 89426-240 See Campylobacter Latex. See Bile and Nitrate. Bacillus ID Panel For the identification of Bacillus spp. and related genera, Microgen® 20 tests/kit ............10032-748 Bacitracin, HardyDisks™ For the differentiation of Group A Strep, 0.04 Units (A disk). 5x50 disks/ cartridge .............. 10790-374 Bacteroides See Nitrocef. C. diff PRO™, aids in C. difficile identification, Cat. no. 10053-794. Rapid Tests & Reagents 1 Campylobacter Latex Rapid latex agglutination slide test for enteropathogenic Campylobacter grown from selective media. 50 tests/kit ........... 10062-766 Candida albicans See AlbiQuick™ and Germ Tube Cryo™. Candida glabrata See Trehalose, Rapid. Catalase, 3% Hydrogen peroxide 3%, detects catalase activity. ™ 15ml, Each ..........89407-446 CarboFerm , Cat. no. 10324-438, for Neisseria spp. and Moraxella catarrhalis. 60ml, Each ..........89407-444 Catalase, 15% CatScreen™ CarboFerm™ Hydrogen peroxide 15%, Rapid test for the detection of For rapid identification of detects bacterial catalase the enzyme butyrate esterase Neisseria gonorrhoeae, activity in anaerobes. in bacteria isolated on culture Neisseria meningitidis, 15ml, Each .......... 10063-756 media for the presumptive Moraxella catarrhalis, and identification of Branhamella other Neisseria spp. (Moraxella) catarrhalis. • Results in 2-4 hours. Performs a butyrate test within • Easy-to-read color change. 5 minutes. Simply moisten • Includes interpretation disk, inoculate with organism, guide and results pad. then wait for the development 24 tests ................ 10324-438 of a red color. Cefinase 25 disks tests/pk ... 10324-426 See Nitrocef. Clostridium difficile Latex Clostridium difficile latex agglutination slide test from culture, by Microgen. 50 tests/kit ........... 10062-776 Coagulase Cryo™ A ready-to-use vial of frozen coagulase rabbit plasma with EDTA for ID of Staphylococcus aureus, 0.5ml, 20 tests ................89407-462 BlueMount™, Cat. no. 10324-560, permanent Mycology stain. 2 Rapid Tests & Reagents CoaguStaph™ A lyophilized preparation of coagulase rabbit plasma with EDTA for the ID of Staphylococcus aureus. 6x3ml .................. 89407-458 6x20ml ................89407-460 ColiScreen™ A rapid test method for the identification of E. coli; because indole alone is not enough to identify E. coli. Performs an indole and glucuronidase test in one tube. Takes 1 to 4 hours. Requires Coagulase Cryo™, Cat. No. 89407-462, aids in Staphylococcus indole spot test reagent, Cat. aureus identification. no. 89428-932 which is not included. E. coliPRO™ O157 Latex Enterococcus 13x100mm, 0.3ml, A rapid latex agglutination test See PYR. 20 tests/pk ..........10789-402 kit for the identification of E. coli O157. Uses EnteroScreen 4™ Cryptococcus Test proprietary antibodies that Enables the screening of See India Ink. eliminate the possibility of enteric pathogens from plated E. coli cross-reactions with Escherichia stool specimens, and the See ColiScreen™ and Indole. hermanii and other sorbitol- differentiation of Salmonella negative Escherichia species. and Shigella from normal 50 tests ................ 89407-502 enteric flora in one tube. 16x125mm tube, CatScreen™, Cat. 20 tubes/bx ......... 10324-472 no. 10324-426, for Moraxella Ferric Chloride, 10% catarrhalis. Developer for tryptophan and Read-out in only phenylalanine deaminase five minutes! tests. 15ml, Each .......... 89407-514 Flagella Stain Stain for bacterial flagella. 15ml, Each .......... 89407-516 Gardnerella vaginalis See Hippurate Test, Metronidazole, and Sulfonamide. Rapid Tests & Reagents 3 Germ Tube Cryo™ Iodine-Iodide Solution A ready-to-use frozen vial with For use with Tetrathionate serum for Candida albicans Broth, Cat. no. 89407-968. germ tube test, 0.5ml. 50ml, Each .......... 89407-624 20 vials/pk .......... 10324-568 1 liter polycarbonate bottle, Gram Test 990ml fill, Each ....10053-840 See LanaGram™. KOH, 10% Haemophilus spp. Potassium hydroxide for fungal wet mounts. See ALA Disks, Indole Rapid, 15ml, Each .......... 10063-758 CoaguStaph™, Cat. and XV Factor Disks. no. 89407-458, for LAP Staphylococcus aureus. Helicobacter pylori Intended for the preliminary See Urea Medium, Rapid. identification of catalase- Lactophenol Cotton Blue India Ink negative, gram-positive cocci. Stain for fungal wet mounts, LAP positive organisms include Negative stain for capsule also see BlueMount™. Pediococci, Lactococci, detection in Cryptococcus 15ml, Each .......... 89428-922 Enterococci, Streptococcus neoformans and pneumoniae, and ™ Cryptococcus gattii. LanaGram Streptococcus pyogenes; while A rapid enzymatic test to 15ml, Each .......... 89428-916 other ß-hemolytic streptococci, assist in the determination of Indole, Kovac’s Aerococcus and Leuconostoc the Gram reaction in difficult Benzaldehyde indole test to be species are LAP negative. to stain bacteria. performed in tubes, cupules, The disks are impregnated 15 tests ................ 10789-718 or on ID strips. with leucine-ß-naphthylamide, which can be hydrolyzed Legionella Latex 15ml, Each .......... 89407-610 by the enzyme leucine A rapid latex slide Indole, Rapid aminopeptidase produced by agglutination test for identifying Legionella pneumophila grown For the detection of indole some organisms. on selective medium. production by fastidious 3ml PYR reagent and LAP 50 tests per kit ...... microorganisms, especially disks, 25 disks ......10153-944 10032-744 Haemophilus spp., ™ Cardiobacterium spp., E. coliPRO O157, Cat. no. Suttonella spp., and other 89407-502, latex agglutination kit. fastidious bacteria. 5ml, 10/pk .......... 10324-572 Indole, DMACA Cinnamaldehyde reagent for performing rapid indole test on filter paper. 15ml, Each .......... 89428-932 Iodine, Dobell and O’Connor Iodine stain for parasite ova and cysts in fecal wet mounts. 15ml, Each .......... 10790-370 4 Rapid Tests & Reagents Mineral Oil Heavy mineral oil for biochemical tests that require oil overlays. 15ml, Each .......... 89407-734 Moraxella catarrhalis See CatScreen™ and CarboFerm™ MRSA Latex, PBP2’ A 15 minute latex agglutination test for EnteroScreen 4™, identification of PBP2’ in Cat. no. 10324-472. methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 50 tests ................ 10052-554 Listeria Latex MGP, Rapid (VRE) A latex agglutination slide Rapid enzymatic test to assist NALC test for the identification of in ID of vancomycin resistant (N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine) motile Listeria spp. from solid enterococci (VRE), rules out A digestant specimen selective media. non-pathogens Enterococcus preparation for AFB culture. 50 tests/kit ........... 10062-770 casseliflavus and Enterococcus For use with TB Digestant, sold gallinarum. separately. Lysostaphin 20 tubes/pk .........10324-570 20x250mg ........... 10324-432 A rapid test that differentiates between Micrococcus spp. Micrococcus Neisseria and Staphylococcus spp. See Lysostaphin. See CarboFerm™. 50 disks/vial ........10136-070 Mayer’s Albumin Used to adhere fecal Germ Tube Cryo™, specimens to glass slides in the Cat. no. 10324-568. Modified Iron Hematoxylin/ Kinyoun or Trichrome staining process. 15ml, Each .......... 10789-716 Methyl Red Developer reagent for the Methyl Red test. 15ml, Each .......... 10222-176 Methylene Blue, Loeffler’s General purpose bacterial stain, and for fecal leukocytes. 15ml, Each ..........10789-454 Rapid Tests & Reagents 5 Ninhydrin Color developer in alcohol for the hippurate hydrolysis test. 15ml, Each .......... 89407-768 Nitrate Reagent A (Sulfanilimide, 0.2%) Sulfanilic acid for nitrate reduction test, compatible with strip/cupule tests. 15ml, Each .......... 89407-776 Nitrate Reagent B (Naphthylethylenediamine, 0.1%) Naphthylamine for nitrate reduction test, compatible with strip/cupule tests. 15ml, Each .......... 89407-772 Positive Negative Uninoculated Nitrate Reagent C Indole Broth, Rapid, Cat. no. 10324-572. Zinc for nitrate reduction test. 5gm, Each ........... 89407-774 Novobiocin HardyDisks™, 5µg OxiDrops™ Oxidase For the identification of A sensitive, ready-to-use liquid ™ Nitrocef, HardyDisks Staphylococcus saprophyticus. reagent for the detection of A nitrocefin (chromogenic) 50 disks/vial ........ 10789-452 cytochrome oxidase activity. test for beta-lactamase activity 7ml, Each ............89428-918 in bacteria, disk format. Optochin, HardyDisks™ ™ 50 disks/vial ........ 10324-434 A disk for the differentiation of OxiStrips Oxidase alpha-hemolytic Streptococcus Paper strips, tetramethyl pneumoniae, (P
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