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Introduction of Blood Agar Blood agar is an enriched medium for the cultivation of bacteria. Fastidious organisms, such as streptococci, do not grow well on ordinary growth media. It is a type of growth medium i.e. trypticase soy agar enriched with 5% sheep blood or blood agar base with 5-10 % sterile …
Introduction of Nutrient Agar Nutrient agar is a simple medium which uses to grow bacteria. It is devoid of indicators, selective agents, differential ingredients, and enriching substances therefore uses for better expression of pigmentation, biochemical test, and even serotyping. The short form of nutrient agar …
Introduction of String Test String test is a special test of bacteria to identify Vibrio cholerae (String test positive) from Vibrio species and other bacteria like Aeromonas species and Plesiomonas shigelloides. This assay can perform on a glass slide or plastic petri dish, suspending overnight …
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 …
Introduction of Immunochromatographic Test (ICT) The full form of ICT is the immunochromatographic test and it is the most common test in the diagnostic laboratory all over the world for the rapid finding in the field of diagnosis and treatment of patients. Lateral flow assays …
Introduction of Antigen Versus PCR for SARS-CoV-2 Antigen and PCR tests in COVID-19 patients are the most common assays applicable for laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19 caused by a virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2). The antigen is a foreign substance that induces an …
Triple Sugar Iron Agar Test The triple Sugar Iron (TSI) Agar test is a combo test and is useful for the identification of mainly gram-negative bacteria, on the basis of the following tests- Composition of Triple Sugar Iron Agar Triple Sugar Iron Agar (TSI) (Oxoid, England) …
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 …