Sabouraud agar
Agar de Sabouraud
- Date
- 1892 · confidence low
- Place
- Paris, France
- Credited to
- Raymond Sabouraud
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Peptone- and dextrose-based culture medium created by French dermatologist Raymond Sabouraud to grow dermatophyte fungi, now a standard in clinical mycology.
What it led to
- Standardized diagnosis of fungal skin infections
- Emmons's 1977 modification to grow actinobacteria
- Advances in medical mycology and dermatology
- Widespread use in clinical laboratories worldwide