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[ April 21, 2018 ] Travelers’ Diarrhea: Causes, Prevention and Treatment Bacteriology Note
[ April 14, 2018 ] Acinetobacter: Disease, Properties, and Resistance Bacteriology
[ April 2, 2018 ] Journey to Atlanta to participate and present in ASM MICROBE 2018 Life of Bidur
[ March 29, 2018 ] Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV): Replication and Pathogenesis Virology
[ February 9, 2018 ] Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA): Composition, Preparation and Uses Bacteriology

Shigella: Disease, properties, pathogenesis and laboratory diagnosis

May 18, 2013 tankeshwar 2

Shigellae are Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore forming, rod-shaped highly infectious bacteria. Shigella species includes Shigella sonnei, S. boydii, S. flexneri, and S. dysenteriae. Diseases Shigellosis (also called bacillary dysentery). S. dysenteriae type 1 causes the most […]

Campylobacter Jejuni: Disease, properties and Laboratory diagnosis

May 18, 2013 tankeshwar 1

Campylobacter usually causes diarrhea (often bloody). It is the most common causes of gastroenteritis worldwide, enterocolitis especially in children. It causes systemic infection (rarely) in children and debilitated adults. Systemic infections (bacteremia), mostly by Campylobacter intestinalis. […]