Traditionally, cystine trypticase agar (CTA) supplemented with a 1% carbohydrate solution was used to determine acid production by Neisseria and related species. This test is no longer recommended...
Month: December 2019
Furazolidone Susceptibility Test: Principle, Procedure, and Results
Furazolidone (furoxone) susceptibility test is performed as a disk susceptibility procedure using commercially available furazolidone disks. Staphylococci are inhibited by furazolidone, but...
Slide-culture is a rapid method of preparing fungal colonies for examination and identification with little disturbance as possible. Fungal isolates are grown directly on the slide on a thin film of...
Biological Safety Cabinet (BSC): Types and Working Mechanism
A biological safety cabinet (BSC) is an engineering control intended to protect laboratory workers, the laboratory environment, and work materials from exposure to infectious or biohazardous aerosols...
Amies transport medium is a widely used and effective semisolid medium for the transportation of swab specimens to the microbiology laboratory. Placing swabs in a moist container or transport medium...
Pneumocystis jirovecii: Properties, Pathogenesis, Lab Diagnosis
Pneumocystis jirovecii (previously known as Pneumocystis carinii) is an opportunistic atypical fungal pathogen that does not respond to conventional anti-fungal agents*. P. jirovecii is an organism...