Introducton The VITEK 2 Yeast AST system is a fully automated solution for the quantitative determination of antifungal susceptibility in…
Introduction Yeasts, especially Candida and Cryptococcus species, are frequent causes of opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients. Determining their antifungal susceptibility…
Introduction Fig. Fungal Culture of Clinical Samples Fungal culture is the gold standard method for the detection and identification of…
Introduction Fungal infections caused by yeasts, particularly Candida and Cryptococcus species, represent a significant clinical challenge in immunocompromised and critically…
Introduction Disk diffusion assay is a standardized method used for testing antifungal susceptibility of yeasts, especially Candida spp. It evaluates…
Introduction of Microbiology Reporting Methods Microbiology Reporting Methods are useful to provide similar report formats from different Microbiology Laboratory platforms…
Introduction of Bacteria-wise Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) All antimicrobial agents/ antibiotics are not applicable for all bacteria and for this…