This post was most recently updated on March 26th, 2019Deoxycholate Citrate Agar (DCA) is a selective and differential medium, recommended for the isolation of enteric pathogens particularly Salmonella and Shigella species. Deoxycholate Citrate Agar is […]
This post was most recently updated on March 21st, 2019Selenite broth is used as an enrichment medium for the isolation of Salmonella and Shigella from stool, urine, water and food products. It is the most […]
This post was most recently updated on March 21st, 2019 Bismuth Sulfite Agar (BS) is a selective as well as differential medium for isolation and presumptive identification of Salmonella spp especially Salmonella Typhi. Salmonella spp are […]
This post was most recently updated on March 21st, 2019Blood culture is one of the most simple and commonly used investigation to establish the etiology of bloodstream infections (i.e. detection of bacteremia, sepsis and fungemia). […]
Chromogenic Agar Media are culture medium used to isolate, identify, and differentiate specific microorganism from a heterogeneous population. The medium contains chromogenic substrate which is utilized by the microorganism to give colored colonies that is […]
This post was most recently updated on February 26th, 2019The advent of Electron Microscopy in 1932 open the door to visualize small subcellular structure and viruses which were beyond the scope of Light microscopy which […]
This post was most recently updated on April 24th, 2018Travelers’ diarrhea (also known as Montezuma’s Revenge or Delhi belly) is defined as 3 or more episodes of diarrhea in 24 hours with at least one […]
This post was most recently updated on March 26th, 2019Acinetobacter is a group of bacteria commonly found in soil, water and dry environments. Acinetobacter poses very little risk to immune-competent people and the infections are […]
Tryptic Soy Agar is a universal medium which supports the growth of wide variety of microorganisms (both gram positive as well as gram negative bacteria grow in this medium). It is used for the isolation […]
This post was most recently updated on October 9th, 2018The target readers of this blog post are general people (people who do not have health science background) who want to get basic information about “Blood […]
Spread plate technique is a method employed to plate a liquid sample for the purpose of isolating or counting the bacteria present in that sample. A perfect spread plate technique will results visible and isolated colonies of bacteria […]
This post was most recently updated on March 26th, 2018Most Probable Number (MPN) is a method used to estimate the concentration of viable microorganisms in a sample by means of replicate liquid broth growth in […]
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