Fungus

India Ink Preparation: Introduction, Principle, Test Requirements, Procedure, Result-Interpretation, Uses, Keynotes, and Negative Staining Footages

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India Ink Preparation: Introduction, Principle, Test Requirements, Procedure, Result-Interpretation, Uses and Keynotes

Introduction of India Ink Preparation Cryptococcal meningitis occurs in immunodeficient patients and when meningitis is clinically suspected, for example, patients with HIV/AIDS, or when yeast cells with lymphocytes are detected when performing Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cell count or examining Gram smear, examine India ink preparation …

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Negative Pressure HEPA Filtration Unit for Isolation Rooms and Other High Risk Areas: Introduction, Parts of Instrument/Unit, Working Mechanisms, Applications and Keynotes

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Negative Pressure HEPA Filtration Unit for Isolation Rooms and Other High Risk Areas Introduction, Parts of InstrumentUnit, Working Mechanisms, Applications and Keynotes

Introduction “Negative Pressure HEPA Filtration Unit” is useful for hospital (isolation ward that keeps patients with infectious illnesses or immunocompromised individuals who are susceptible to infections from others, away from other patients, visitors, and healthcare workers) and molecular laboratory (Sample Aliquoting and RNA Extraction Room …

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Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton: Definition, Differences and, Footages of Dermatophytes

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Differences among Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton: Definition, Differences and, Footages of Dermatophytes

Definition of Dermatophytes Dermatophytes are a common label for a group of three types of keratinophilic fungi that infect keratinized tissues causing diseases known as dermatophytoses and they are Trichophyton,  Microsporum, and Epidermophyton that commonly cause skin, nail, and hair disease in our body. Differences among Trichophyton, Microsporum, and Epidermophyton The …

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Fungal Videos: Introduction, List of Fungal Videos, and Short Description

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Aspergillus structures like septate hyphae, conidiophore or stipe, vesicle, Phialides, conidia, metulae, dichotomous branching (at an angle of approximately 45°) in LPCB Tease Mount Microscopy

Introduction of Fungal Videos This chapter is a part of a genuine puny collection of clinically relevant fungal videos. It is an author’s own work footage collected during laboratory diagnosis of fungal etiological agents in the mycology laboratory. List of Fungal Videos • Candida albicans …

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Lactophenol Cotton Blue (LPCB) Stain: Introduction, Principle, Test Requirements, Procedure, Result-Interpretation, Uses of LPCB Stain, Keynotes, and LPCB Stained Footages

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Lactophenol Cotton Blue (LPCB) Stain: Introduction, Principle, Test Requirements, Procedure, Result-Interpretation, Uses of LPCB Stain, Keynotes and LPCB Stained Footages

Introduction of Lactophenol Cotton Blue (LPCB) Stain LPCB stands for lactophenol cotton blue and Lactophenol Cotton Blue (LPCB) Stain is a combination of fixative, staining, and clearing agent. LPCB stain uses both as a mounting fluid and a stain and it is used for staining …

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KOH Wet Mount Preparation: Introduction, Principle, Test Requirements, Procedure, Result Interpretation, Uses, Keynotes, and Collection of KOH Mount Footages

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KOH Wet Mount Preparation: Introduction, Principle, Test Requirements, Procedure, Result Interpretation, Uses, Keynotes, and Collection of KOH Mount Footages

Potassium hydroxide (KOH) Wet Mount Introduction The KOH Wet Mount is a very simple and important technique in mycology for presumptive diagnosis of the type of fungal infections whether ringworm, aspergillosis, dermatomycosis, blastomycosis, mucormycosis, otomycosis, etc. It is the most common assay ordered by clinicians, particularly …

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VITEK 2 Compact System: Introduction, Testing Requirements, Testing Procedure, Result Interpretation, and Keynotes

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VITEK 2 Compact System: Introduction, Testing Requirements, Testing Procedure, Result Interpretation and Keynotes

Introduction The VITEK 2 compact system is an automated microbiology bacterial and fungal (mainly yeasts) identification and antimicrobial susceptibility system. Testing Requirements 11. AST-Card-It is also of the following types- 12. VITEK 2 Compact (machine) Testing Procedure Result Interpretation Organisms Identification GN-Reagent Card: In this …

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Medical Laboratory Videos: Introduction, List of Contents with Description

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Medical Laboratory Videos- Introduction, List of Contents with Description

Introduction of Medical Laboratory Videos The topic ‘Medical Laboratory Videos’ is a huge collection of author genuine works pertaining to medical laboratory science especially bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, virology, immunology/serology, molecular biology, hematology, biochemistry, blood banking, and transfusion medicine, histopathology, and phlebotomy. List of Contents for …

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