<prompt> An outbreak of streptococcal pharyngitis has occured in a remote village. In order to carry out the epidemiological investigations of the outbreak it is necessary to perform the culture of the throat swab of the patients suffering from the disease. The transpo media of choice would be -Salt mannitol mediaPikes mediaStuas mediaCary Blair media  <response>: Ans. is b i.e., Pikes media For cultures, swabs should be collected under vision from the affected site and either plated immediately or sent to the laboratory in Pikes medium blood agar containing crystal violet and sodium azide. 