Media to grow Staphylococcus aureus

In 1986, Casewell and Hill:


 * 1) inoculated 7% horse-blood agar and 7.5% mannitol salt-agar.
 * 2) incubated at 37 degrees for 24 and 48 hrs, respectively
 * 3) =====Nasal swabs were additionally enriched in Robertson's cooked meat with 10%NaCl. After 18h incubation, enrichment cultures were subcultured onto horse blood agar and mannitol salt agar. =====