Antibodies are glycoproteins produced by our body in response to invading organisms or toxins (antigens). When a pathogen (bacteria, virus, protozoa, or helminth) enters our body and anyhow...
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Bacteriophage “bacteria eaters” are infectious agents that replicate as obligate intracellular parasites in bacteria but in extracellular environment they are metabolically inert. A typical phage...
Deoxycholate citrate agar (DCA) is a selective and differential medium, recommended for the isolation of enteric pathogens particularly Salmonella and Shigella species. Deoxycholate citrate agar...
Laboratory diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections can be done by detecting and identifying the parasites or their particular stages (ova/egg, cyst, larva, or trophozoite) in the stool...
Activation of B cells requires two signals. Depending on the nature of the antigen, B-cell activation proceeds by two different routes, one dependent on helper T cells (TH cells), the other...
Blood culture is one of the most simple and commonly used investigations to establish the etiology of bloodstream infections (i.e. detection of bacteremia, sepsis, and fungemia). Early diagnosis and...