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Introduction of Medical Lab Tests Medical lab tests are tests performed on samples of blood, urine, or other body fluids or tissues to help diagnose, treat, and monitor various medical conditions. These tests provide important information about the functioning of organs and body systems, identify …
Introduction of Microbiology Reporting Methods Microbiology Reporting Methods are useful to provide similar report formats from different Microbiology Laboratory platforms that should sound Microbiologically clear and concise. It should also be compatible with International Guidelines of Clinical Microbiology Practice like the Clinical & Laboratory Standards …
Introduction of Czapek Dox Agar Czapek medium also called Czapek’s agar (CZA) from the surname of inventor Czech botanist Friedrich Johann Franz Czapek (1902-1903). Later CZA was modified by another American inventor, chemist Arthur Wayland Dox (1910) and thus its name became’ Czapek-Dox medium’ and formula prepared …
Introduction of Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) Potato Dextrose Agar ( PDA) is a fungal medium and its ingredients are clear from its name it contains potato ( vegetable), dextrose ( sugar), and agar ( solidifying agent). PDA is recommended for the isolation and enumeration of fungi …
Introduction of Microbiology Reporting Templates is collected to reduce the time and similarity for beneficiaries. This is a collection of templates regarding branches of microbiology like bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, virology, and immunology but most commonly bacteriology. List of Microbiology Reporting Templates Culture Negative Reports Positive …
Introduction of Corn Meal Agar (CMA) Corn Meal Agar (CMA) is a well-established fungal medium that is a suitable substrate for chlamydospore production by Candida albicans and the maintenance of fungal stock cultures. This is a very simple formulation containing only cornmeal infusion and agar. The addition of glucose …
Introduction of Mycology Mycology is the science that deals with the study of fungi whereas medical mycology is the science that deals with the study of fungi that causes disease is called medical mycology. General Features- Yeast Unicellular formSize-Width: 1-5 µmLength: 5-30 µmShape-Commonly oval shape …
Introduction of Aspergillus The genus Aspergillus has more than 180 species, among them, 38 are responsible to cause disease (able to grow at 37◦C. They are common in the environment. Aspergillus species are emerging pathogens which are ubiquitous molds that infect immunocompetent ( rarely) and immunocompromised …