Weil-Felix is a nonspecific agglutination test that detects anti-rickettsial antibodies in patients' serum. Weil-Felix test is based on cross-reactions that occur between antibodies produced in acute...
Category: Bacteriology
Bacterial transformation is one of the three horizontal gene transfer mechanisms found in bacterial cells. The other two horizontal gene transfer mechanisms are conjugation (Transfer of F Plasmid...
Bacteria grow on solid media as colonies. A colony is defined as a visible mass of microorganisms originating from a single mother cell. Key features of these bacterial colonies serve as important...
Sputum, also known as phlegm, is a thick type of mucus in a person's lungs suffering from an infection or chronic illness affecting the lungs or airways. The first morning expectorated sputum sample...
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST): Guidelines and Best Practices
Antibiotic susceptibility testing should be performed only on clinically significant isolates, not on all microorganisms recovered in culture. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)...
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing is most often used for guidance in the therapy of bacterial infections. When the result of antimicrobial susceptibility testing is reported to the clinician,...