CULTURE OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF)

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 […]