Laboratory Procedures

This test is used in the identification and diagnosis of Bacterial gastroenteritis commonly referred to as bacterial diarrhea or infectious diarrhea. Diarrhea is the usual symptom of an infection o...

Genitourinary infections fall into two main categories: (1) primary infections due to sexually transmitted pathogenic microorganisms and (2) infections due to members of the resident flora.?This te...

The E-test has been developed to provide a direct quantification of antimicrobial susceptibility of microorganisms. The device consists of a predefined, continuous, and exponential gradient of anti...

This test is used in the identification, treatment and management of fungal infection among immunocompromised hosts.

Potassium hydroxide (KOH) preparation is used for the rapid detection of fungal elements in clinical specimen, as it clears the specimen making fungal elements more visible during direct microscopi...

The Gram stain is a general stain used extensively in microbiology for the preliminary differentiation of microbiological organisms. It is one of the simplest, least expensive, and most useful of t...