Candida albicans is an endogenous organism found in 40 to 80% of normal humans as commensal in the gastrointestinal tract, oropharynx, and female genital tract. It is a commonest cause of candidiasis...
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Nutrient Agar Nutrient agar media is used as a general-purpose medium to grow a wide variety of non-fastidious microorganisms. It consists of peptone, beef extract, and agar....
Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan parasite. It causes trichomoniasis; a sexually transmitted infection. The primary habitat of this organism is the vagina and prostate. In infected females, it...
Treponema pallidum Hemagglutination Assay (TPHA) is a treponemal test for the serologic diagnosis of syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection caused by spirochetes, Treponema pallidum. Based on the...
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease caused by the dengue virus, an Arbovirus (arthropod-borne virus). Also known as break bone fever, a severe form of dengue is called dengue hemorrhagic fever...
The NNN (Novy-MacNeal-Nicolle) is a common culture medium for isolating the agent of the genus Leishmania, which causes leishmaniasis. The culture of this organism in suitable media...