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HAEMOCYTOMETER CELL COUNT FOR CSF SAMPLE

Cells of mammalian or prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells can be counted in the lab from samples using different kinds of counting chmabers. The neubauer counting chamber is one major type of counting chamber generally used for counting cells, manually in the microbiology laboratory. Improved neubauer counting chamber is a manual chamber or haemocytometer that allows […]

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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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