Blood Culture–Positive Molds: Introduction, Common molds, Comparison, and Keynotes

10 months ago

Introduction Fig. Blood Culture–Positive Mold -Note: The culture bottle shows cottony to fluffy white mycelial growth at the surface. Growth…

Yeasts-Colorimetric Antifungal Susceptibility Testing: Introduction, Principle, Clinical Significance, and Keynotes

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Introduction Yeasts, especially Candida and Cryptococcus species, are frequent causes of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients. Determining their antifungal susceptibility…

Yeast Identification by Chromogenic Media: Introduction, Principle, Clinical Significance, and Keynotes

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Introduction of Yeast Identification by Chromogenic Media (HiMedia) Opportunistic yeasts, especially Candida species, are frequent causes of infections ranging from…

Fungal Identification by PCR-Sequencing (Sanger): Introduction, Principle, Clinical Significance, and Keynotes

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Introduction Accurate identification of fungi is critical for clinical, environmental, and epidemiological purposes. Traditional culture and morphology-based methods are time-consuming…

Yeast Identification by MALDI-TOF (VITEK): Introduction, Principle, Clinical Significance, and Keynotes

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Introduction Yeasts, especially Candida species, are among the most important causes of opportunistic fungal infections in humans. Accurate and rapid…

Acinetobacter ursingii: Introduction, Morphology, Pathogenicity, Lab Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention, and Keynote

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Introduction Acinetobacter ursingii is a Gram-negative, non-fermentative, opportunistic bacterium belonging to the genus Acinetobacter. It is an uncommon species compared…

Candida auris PCR-Directly on Clinical Samples: Introduction, Principle, Clinical Significance, and Keynotes

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Introduction Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast responsible for outbreaks of healthcare-associated infections worldwide. It is difficult to identify…

Fungal Culture of Clinical Samples: Introduction, Principle, Clinical Significance, and Keynotes

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Introduction Fig. Fungal Culture of Clinical Samples Fungal culture is the gold standard method for the detection and identification of…

Fungal Blood Culture-Mold: Introduction, Principle, Clinical Significance, and Keynotes

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Introduction Fig. Fungal Blood Culture Bottle Showing Fungal Growth Molds such as Aspergillus, Fusarium, Scedosporium, and members of the Mucorales…

Yeast Identification by Auxacolor System-Introduction, Principle, Clinical Significance, and Keynotes

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Introduction The Auxacolor System is a commercially available biochemical-based yeast identification method widely used in clinical microbiology laboratories. It provides…