A Short Note on Diagnostic Molecular Microbiology

In circumstances where an infectious condition is suspected, diagnostic microbiology focuses on laboratory study of clinical specimens. Clinical samples from humans, animals, or food products, as well as samples acquired from the environment, may be used to diagnose staphylococcal infections. The following are some of the topics covered in a presentation about diagnosing staphylococcal infections: Inoculation into general-purpose and selective-differential media; incubation, colony morphology identification, gram staining, and isolation of pure culture; catalase testing; furazolidone susceptibility testing; detection of free coagulase and bound coagulase; identification of bacterial species based on biochemical tests; detection of resistance m (beta-lactamases, methicillin resistance, macrolide, and lincozamine resistance, or, the MLSB resistance mechanism).

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Eliana Vespero

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