KM0004 CLED Single Indicator Agar is a differential culture medium used clinically for isolation and enumeration of bacteria in urine, from the suspected cases of urinary tract infection (UTI).
Originally described by Sandys, CLED (Cystine Lactose Electrolyte Deficient) Single Indicator Agar is a differential medium which contains cystine, lactose, bromothymol blue and is electrolyte deficient to prevent swarming of Proteus species. The medium can allow for quantitative determination of urinary pathogens, including Proteus species, when automated systems or calibrated loops are used for inoculation.
KM0004 is recommended as a differential primary isolation media by the UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations and tested in accordance with the principals of ISO 11133:2014.
