What is the principle of Optochin?
What is the principle of Optochin?
Ethylhydrocupreine hydrochloride, a chemical name of Optochin - water soluble, used for the detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae which is alpha-hemolytic Streptococcus susceptible to it. Other species are resistant to optochinl.
This test uses diffusion principle and it is performed in a blood agar medium. A positive identification of streptococcus pneumoniae by showing a impregnated disk surrounded with lysed optochin due to changes in surface tension.
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