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Introduction of Anaerobic Bacteria Culture Obligate anaerobes can not grow in the presence of oxygen i.e. air. These organisms (obligate anaerobic bacteria) die rapidly on exposure to air, therefore for maintaining anaerobiosis various methods have been devised for anaerobic culture. Principle for Anaerobic Bacteria Culture/Cultivation …
Introduction of Medical/Clinical Mycological Information links Nearly 1.5 million environmental fungal species out of which 8000 plant pathogens and 300 human pathogens respectively but such scenarios have changed rapidly in recent years. Prolonged steroid use, recent neutropenia, diabetes mellitus, cancer (AML), and rheumatologic conditions are the …
Introduction of QFT) and TST Interferon-Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs) are a newer blood test for tuberculosis that detects TB infection by measuring the release of interferon-gamma (IFN-g) from patient T cells after stimulation of a whole blood sample with highly specific TB antigens. QuantiFERON-TB Gold …
Introduction of Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Design No doubt, developing ‘Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Design’ is really a hard task since the following factors affect it directly or indirectly- Sections Details Section 1 is the green zone and is fully safe. It has the following cabins- Section …
List of Fungal Diseases A fungal infection is called mycosis. Even though most fungi are harmless to humans, some of them are etiological agents of fungal diseases under specific conditions like prolong steroid use, recent neutropenia, diabetes mellitus, cancer (AML), and rheumatologic conditions. . The …
Introduction for Microbes of Respiratory Infections The respiratory tract is a common site of infection since it comes in direct contact with the physical environment and is exposed to airborne microbes where a human takes about 20,000 breaths each day on average. Respiratory tract infection …
Introduction of Microbes Responsible for Bloodstream Infections Bloodstream infections (BSIs) occur when microbes can enter the bloodstream as a severe complication of infections like pneumonia or meningitis, during surgery, or due to catheters and other foreign bodies invading the arteries or veins. Bloodstream infections (BSIs) …
Introduction The VITEK 2 compact system is an automated microbiology bacteria and yeasts identification and antimicrobial susceptibility system which uses biochemicals for microbial identification whereas, VITEK MS performs the same function by covering a large number of microbes in a short time period at a …