Corn Meal Agar (CMA): Introduction, Composition, Principle, Test Requirements, Test Procedure, Result-Interpretation, Colony Characteristics, Uses, and Keynotes

Colony Morphology of Aspergillus flavus on cornmeal agar (CMA) demonstration

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 …

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Laboratory Instruments and Equipment: Introduction, Name List, and Short Description

Laboratory Instruments and Equipment

Introduction of Laboratory Instruments and Equipment Laboratory Instruments and Equipment make laboratory work easy and fast. Here we discuss the instruments and equipment of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine that includes Clinical Haematology, Clinical Biochemistry, Histopathology and Cytology, Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Blood …

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Mycology: Introduction, Structure, Classification of Medically Important Fungi, Fungal Infection, Prevention, and Control of Fungal Infections

Mycology: Introduction, Structure, Classification of Medically Important Fungi, Fungal Infection, Prevention, and Control of Fungal Infections

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 …

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Aspergillus: Introduction, Classification, Colony Morphology, Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, Lab Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

Aspergillus niger Colony Morphology on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA) after 3 days of incubation

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 …

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Microbiology and More Gallery: Introduction, List of Photos, and Keynotes

Human Microbiome Agar Art

Introduction of Microbiology and More Gallery Microbiology and More Gallery is a random collection hub of microbes and laboratory medicine-related footage. This is the genuine work of the author. Most of the pictures are commonly those encountered by the laboratory personnel during their working period. …

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Fungus (1-3)-β-D-Glucan Test by Chromogenic Method: Introduction, Principle, Product Features, and Keynotes

Fungus (1-3)-β-D-Glucan Test by Chromogenic Method: Introduction, Principle, Product Features, and Keynotes

Introduction of Fungus (1-3)-β-D-Glucan Test by Chromogenic Method Fungus (1-3)-β-D-Glucan Test by Chromogenic Method is used for screening and diagnosis of invasive fungal infection. It is a major cell wall component of most pathogenic fungi, used as a biomarker for the diagnosis of the invasive …

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Aspergillus Galactomannan ELISA Detection Kit: Introduction, Principle of ELISA, Product Characteristics, and Keynotes

Aspergillus Galactomannan ELISA Detection Kit: Introduction, Principle of ELISA, Product Characteristics, and Keynotes

Introduction of Aspergillus Galactomannan ELISA Detection Kit Galactomannan (GM) is a polysaccharide that is present in the cell wall component of Aspergillus species. It is released into the blood during fungal growth in the tissue that can be detected by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). Principle …

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Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory: Introduction, List of Tests, Specimen,Testing Method, and Keynotes

Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory: Introduction, List of Tests, Specimen,Testing Method, and Keynotes

Introduction of Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory As we know, simple diseases are due to either metabolic disorders or infectious agents (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, prions). Molecular Diagnostics is a powerful tool for the identification of both conditions at genetic levels (e.g. metabolic disorders like cancer, and …

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