The disk diffusion test (also known as the agar diffusion test, Kirby–Bauer test, disc-diffusion antibiotic susceptibility test, disc-diffusion antibiotic...
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A double-disk diffusion test is a kind of disk diffusion test (to test for the effectiveness of an antimicrobial agent a disk infused with it is placed...
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the disk diffusion susceptibility test method (also known as Kirby-Bauer) Jorgensen, James H.; Turnidge, John D. (2015). "71. Susceptibility Test Methods:...
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transferring electrons to oxygen. Enterobacteriaceae are typically OX−. The test uses disks impregnated with reagents such as N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine...
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Double disk or double-disk may refer to: Double album, a double CD album Double Album (NOFX Album), 2022 Double-disk diffusion test Vertisoft DoubleDisk, a...
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Blood culture (category Blood tests)
undesirable side effects. In traditional AST methods, such as the disk diffusion test, pure colonies of the organism are selected from the subculture plate...
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Hinton agar is commonly used in the disk diffusion method, which is a simple and widely used method for testing the susceptibility of bacterial isolates...
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bacterium that typically infects the human lungs. Testing for TB includes blood testing, skin tests, and chest X-rays. When looking at the smears for...
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Vaginal wet mount (redirect from Whiff test)
A vaginal wet mount (or vaginal smear or wet prep) is a gynecologic test wherein a sample of vaginal discharge is observed by wet mount microscopy by placing...
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Rapid urease test, also known as the CLO test (Campylobacter-like organism test), is a rapid diagnostic test for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori. The...
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Methyl red (redirect from Methyl red test)
red test (MR test), used to identify bacteria producing stable acids by mechanisms of mixed acid fermentation of glucose (cf. Voges–Proskauer test). The...
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Rapid plasma reagin (redirect from Rapid Plasma Reagin test)
The rapid plasma reagin test (RPR test or RPR titer) is a type of rapid diagnostic test that looks for non-specific antibodies in the blood of the patient...
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analyzers for microbial identification (ID) and antibiotic sensitivity testing (AST). Vitek was developed in the 1960s between NASA and the defense contractor...
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The mononuclear spot test or monospot test, a form of the heterophile antibody test, is a rapid test for infectious mononucleosis due to Epstein–Barr...
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test Monospot test Antibiotic susceptibility testing Beta-lactamase test Disk diffusion test Etest McFarland standards Minimum inhibitory concentration...
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bacterially-produced alginate surrounding mucoid bacterial cells can limit the diffusion of oxygen. P. aeruginosa growth within the human body can be asymptomatic...
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135-137.1980. PMC 273541. PMID 7014603. Wilkinson HW (July 1977). "CAMP-disk test for presumptive identification of group B streptococci". J. Clin. Microbiol...
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Point-of-care testing (POCT), also called near-patient testing or bedside testing, is defined as medical diagnostic testing at or near the point of care—that...
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The rapid strep test (RST) is a rapid antigen detection test (RADT) that is widely used in clinics to assist in the diagnosis of bacterial pharyngitis...
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The KOH test, also known as a potassium hydroxide preparation or KOH prep, is a quick, inexpensive fungal test to differentiate dermatophytes and Candida...
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a given range to standardize microbial testing. An example of such testing is antibiotic susceptibility testing by measurement of minimum inhibitory concentration...
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Catalase (redirect from Catalase test)
hydrogen peroxide before the lens is used again. The catalase test is one of the three main tests used by microbiologists to identify species of bacteria....
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The indole test is a biochemical test performed on bacterial species to determine the ability of the organism to convert tryptophan into indole. This division...
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Medical microbiology (section Diagnostic tests)
a microscope. This technique is widely used today. In 1910 Paul Ehrlich tested multiple combinations of arsenic based chemicals on infected rabbits with...
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Coagulase (redirect from Coagulase test)
coagulase test would indicate the presence of S. aureus or any of the other 11 coagulase-positive Staphylococci. A negative coagulase test would instead...
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used to determine the type of organism, its abundance in the sample being tested, or both. It is one of the primary diagnostic methods of microbiology and...
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Minimum inhibitory concentration (redirect from MIC test)
drug, which prevents visible in vitro growth of bacteria or fungi. MIC testing is performed in both diagnostic and drug discovery laboratories. The MIC...
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