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MICROSCOPY OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF)

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples are obtained with extra precautions using a technique called lumbar puncture. Lumbar puncture is defined a medical procedure in which a sterile needle is inserted into the spinal canal (of a patient suspected of having a central nervous system infection) to obtain cerebrospinal fluid sample for microbiological and/or other medical/diagnostic testing. […]

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MEMBRANE FILTRATION TECHNIQUE

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Filtration is simply defined as the separation of particles from fluid or liquids by the use of a porous material that allows the passage of the fluid but stops or holdback unwanted particles from passing through it. Filtration can be used to separate microorganisms from a liquid or gas in which they are dispersed. It

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CULTURE OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF)

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AIM: To isolate organism from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimen as an aid in the diagnosis of cerebrospinal meningitis and other microbial infection of the CSF. MATERIAL/APPARATUS: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimen, blood agar (BA), chocolate agar (CA), Bunsen burner, inoculating loop, incubator, anaerobic jar, MacConkey agar (MCA). NOTE: The CSF specimen should be collected only by

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MICROSCOPY OF SPUTUM SPECIMEN

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AIM: To detect the presence of pus cells and predominant bacteria in sputum specimens as an aid in the diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections like pneumonia or bronchopneumonia. MATERIAL/APPARATUS: Sputum specimen, glass slide, microscope, immersion oil, inoculating loop, Bunsen burner, piece of stick. METHOD/PROCEDURE FOR SPUTUM SAMPLE MICROSCOPY REPORTING OF THE RESULT: Describe and

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ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTION

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Antigen-antibody reaction is an immunological reaction in which a particular antibody molecule reacts with a specific antigen to form an antigen-antibody complex which is marked for further immunological response by other components of the immune system. It can occur inside a living organism (i.e. in vivo reaction) and it can also occur outside the host

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ELISA

DrChika

ELISA is the acronym for “enzyme linked immunosorbent assay”. It is an immunoassay or serological test that is used for the quantification or identification of specific antibodies or antigens in biological specimens (e.g. serum or blood). ELISA is mainly based on the principle of enzyme-substrate reaction. In ELISA, an enzyme (e.g. horseradish enzyme and beta-galactosidase

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STREAKING TECHNIQUE

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Streaking is a microbiological technique that is used to obtain pure cultures of microorganisms (particularly bacteria) in the laboratory. It usually involves a series of drawing a loop (carrying an inoculum of the test organism or sample) back and forth on dried solid culture media. As the streaking of the microbe on the dried solid

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ISOLATION TECHNIQUE

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Isolation technique is a microbiology procedure which is used to obtain pure cultures of microorganisms especially from a mixed culture or specimen. It includes culturing microorganisms or specimens on selective media which allow the growth of particular organisms. After culturing, bacterial growth is often expressed on solid culture media as colonies which may contain contaminants

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GENOTYPIC DETECTION OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT MICROBES

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The genotypic detection and characterization of antibiotic resistant genes in pathogenic bacteria is more specific in characterizing resistance genes than the phenotypic detection methods. The term genotypic is derived from genotype – which is the complete genetic makeup of an organism. Genotype describes the overall composition of the genetic information found in an organism. Thus,

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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & Antibiogram, Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Techniques in Microbiology Lab. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), DNA microarray technique, DNA-based methods, Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), GENOTYPIC DETECTION OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT MICROBES, ligase – chain reaction (LCR), nucleotide sequencing, PCR, PCR-single-stranded conformation polymorphism (SSCP), Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD)

FEATURES OF THE VITEK 2 AUTOMATED COMPACT SYSTEM FOR BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST (AST)

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Helping the physician select the best treatment at a much faster pace based on the right microbial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility test is crucial in any infectious disease management and patient total wellbeing. Clinical microbiology laboratories are the first lines of defense for the detection of antibiotic resistance from clinical pathogens and/or samples. And the

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