Hand washing is one of the best ways to protect yourself and your family from getting sick. Learn when and how you should wash your hands to stay healthy. Wash Your Hands Often to Stay Healthy You can help yourself and your loved ones stay healthy by washing your hands often, especially during these key […]
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Epidemiology, Medical Microbiology, Public Health & Parasitic Diseases (Parasitology)
Preventing Flu at Work and School At School At Work Source: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/actions-prevent-flu.htm
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Epidemiology, Medical Microbiology, Public Health & Parasitic Diseases (Parasitology)
Mpox, caused by the monkeypox virus, is a viral infection with symptoms like rash, fever, and swollen lymph nodes. Transmitted through contact with infected individuals, animals, or materials, it can be severe, especially for immunocompromised individuals. Preventive measures include vaccination and avoiding physical contact. Diagnosis involves PCR testing, and treatment includes supportive care.
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Medical Microbiology, Virology
GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS Gardnerella vaginalis in association with other bacteria is the causative agent of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in women. G. vaginalis is a Gram variable (i.e. they are not typed by the Gram stain), encapsulated, facultative, pleomorphic and non-motile bacillus. BV which can also be called vaginitis is a medical condition that is characterized by
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Bacteriology, Medical Microbiology
Bacterial smear is defined as a dehydrated or dried preparation of a bacterial suspension (cells) on a clean glass slide. The source of bacteria for the preparation or making of a smear can be from an agar slant, broth (liquid) culture and from a culture plate. A smear is simply a bacterial preparation made on
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Medical Microbiology, Microbe Lab, Techniques in Microbiology Lab
Microbiota which can also be called normal microflora is the totality of microorganisms that are inherently present in a particular environment, body or location at every specific point of time. Mycoflora are fungal organisms that live in particular sites of the body without causing infection or disease. Microbiota goes into competition with pathogens on and
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Bacteriology, Medical Microbiology
Staining is any microbiological process which increases the contrast of organisms when certain dyes or stains are applied to them prior to their examination under the microscope. It is generally the process of colouring specimens and microorganisms so that they can be easily observed and distinguished under the microscope. Staining in the microbiology laboratory is
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Medical Microbiology, Microbe Lab
Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract (BCYE) Agar is used for primary isolation and cultivation of Legionella pneumophila and other Legionella species from environmental samples and clinical specimens. BCYE Agar is an enriched medium for isolation and cultivation of Legionella species. Legionella species are aerobic, intracellular, Gram negative bacteria comprising more than 50 species and 70 serogroups that are
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Culture media, Medical Microbiology
Public health is a branch of medical sciences that primarily deals with the surveillance, control, detection and prevention of the emergence and spread of infectious diseases in a defined human population. It involves the protection and improvement of the health of the general public. In clinical medicine, doctors and nurses practice their profession by looking
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Medical Microbiology, Public Health & Parasitic Diseases (Parasitology)
The study of pathogenic fungi (i.e. fungal organisms that are of medical importance) is known as medical mycology. Pathogenic fungi are fungal organisms that cause disease in humans. Human mycoses may include infections of the outer skin layer, infections of the underlying tissues of the skin, systemic infections, and deep-seated infections or invasive mycoses. Other
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Medical Microbiology, Mycology