there is a serious outbreak of staph aureus in the hospital

there is a serious outbreak of staph aureus in the hospital. A convenient way to determine where this microbe may be lurking is to sample swabs and place them on:

a maccokey agar

b sulfide indole motility medium

c mannitol salt agar

d EMB

e all of the above

Solution

Answer is C

Mannitol salt agar

Convenient way to determine where staph aureus may be lurking is to sample swabs and place them on: Mannitol salt agar. Staphylococcus aureus usually ferments mannitol