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Table 1 Culture media used and cost of supplies

From: Utility of wound cultures in the management of open globe injuries: a 5-year retrospective review

Culture media

Cost (direct from supplier)

Blood agar

$4.40

Chocolate agar

$4.00

MacConkey agar

$3.07

Sabouraud Dextrose agar slant

$2.81

Sabouraud Dextrose with Chloramphenicol agar slant

$2.14

Mycosel agar slant

$1.47

Lowenstein-Jensen agar slant

$7.50

Thioglycollate broth with hemin and Vitamin K

$0.88