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Antigens in disease diagnosis

October 22, 2019 Acharya Tankeshwar 0

Detection of specific antigens present in the sample (blood, urine, CSF or stool) using immunologic methods such as precipitin tests, particle agglutination tests, immunofluorescence, immunochromatographic or enzyme immunoassays are the mainstay for the rapid diagnosis […]

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Laboratory diagnosis of Fungal Infections

April 6, 2019 Acharya Tankeshwar 4

Early diagnosis of fungal infection is critical for effective treatment.  For many decades, culture, direct microscopy, and histopathology have been the foundation for the diagnosis of fungal infections. Severely immunosuppressed patient population is continuously growing […]

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Bird Seed Agar: Principle Composition and Uses

October 31, 2018 Nisha Rijal 0

Staib medium also known as Bird Seed Agar is a selective and differential medium for isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from clinical specimens and differentiation of it from other Cryptococcus species. It is also known as […]

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Histoplasma capsulatum: Properties, Diseases and Laboratory diagnosis

June 24, 2016 Acharya Tankeshwar 5

Histoplasma capsulatum is an intracellular, thermally dimorphic fungi  (grows as a yeast in body temperature/37°C in humans, mammals or in culture media and as mold in 25°C in environment/culture media) of medical importance that can survive within macrophages […]

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Cryptococcus neoformans: Pathogenesis and Lab Diagnosis

May 16, 2016 Acharya Tankeshwar 2

Cryptococcus neoformans is a yeast with a prominent polysaccharide capsule. It is an opportunistic fungal pathogen notoriously known as the most common cause of fungal meningitis (infection and inflammation of the meninges) in immunocompromised patients […]

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Candida albicans: pathogenesis, diseases and laboratory diagnosis

March 14, 2016 Acharya Tankeshwar 6

Candida albicans is an endogenous organism, found in 40 to 80% of normal human beings as commensal in gastrointestinal tract, oropharynx . It is a commonest cause of candidiasis (moniliasis).  Candida albicans is a gram positive […]

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Germ Tube Test for Candida: Principle, Procedure, Results and Interpretation

September 28, 2015 Acharya Tankeshwar 11

Germ tube test is the confirmatory test for Candida albicans. Germ tube formation was first reported by Reynolds and Braude and hence the germ tube test is also known as Reynolds-Braude Phenomenon. This is a […]

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