A laboratory information system (LIS) is software that helps record, manage and store the samples' details in the clinical laboratory. It is a convenient way to track samples before, during, and...
Category: Bacteriology
Staphylococcus saprophyticus is one of the pathogenic species of staphylococci, the other two are S. aureus, and S. epidermidis. Staphylococcus epidermidis and S. saprophyticus are often...
The viridans streptococci are important Gram-positive cocci comprising a large group of bacteria. These are found as mouth commensals, causing minor to life-threatening diseases. The word viridans...
BioMérieux's API identification products are test kits for the identification of Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, and yeast. The kits include strips that contain up to 20 miniature...
ESKAPE is the acronym for six nosocomial pathogens that can ‘escape’ commonly used antibiotics due to their increasing multi-drug resistance (MDR). These pathogens are; Enterococcus faecium,...
Relapsing fever is a bacterial infection characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and nonspecific symptoms following exposure to insect vector-carrying Borrelia species. There are two...
