Microbiology Tests

Introduction to microbiology lab

TESTS CARRIED OUT IN BACTERIOLOGY lab

PREPARATION OF BACTERIAL SMEAR

GRAM STAINING

STOOL CULTURE

BLOOD CULTURE

URINE CULTURE

SPUTUM CULTURE

MICROSCOPY OF SPUTUM SPECIMEN

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF) CULTURE

MICROSCOPY OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF)

CELL COUNT OF CSF SAMPLE

DIFFERENTIAL COUNT OF CSF SAMPLE

SEMINAL FLUID (SEMEN) CULTURE

SEMEN MICROSCOPY

VAGINAL SWAB CULTURE

MICROSCOPY OF UROGENITAL SPECIMENS

THROAT SWAB CULTURE

Satellitism test

TESTS CARRIED OUT IN PARASITOLOGY LAB

CONCENTRATION METHODS IN THE PARASITOLOGY LABORATORY

STOOL ANALYSIS for parasites

WET MOUNTING/PREPARATION

FEACAL CONCENTRATION TECHNIQUE (FLOATATION)

OCCULT BLOOD TEST (OBT)

SKIN SNIP TEST

URINE MICROSCOPY

URINE CHEMISTRY using combi strip

SEROLOGY LAB TESTS OVERVIEW

VENEREAL DISEASE RESEARCH LABORATORY (VDRL)

RAPID PLASMA REGAIN (RPR) TEST

WIDAL TEST

ANTI – STREPTOLYSIN O (ASO) TEST 

RHEUMATOID FACTOR (RF) TEST

MYCOLOGY LABORATORY TESTS

Collection of fungal specimens in the mycology unit

MICROSCOPY/KOH MOUNT OF FUNGAL SPECIMEN

CULTURING OF FUNGAL SPECIMENS 

GERM TUBE TEST