Adenovirus: Morphology, Lab Diagnosis, Clinical features
Introduction of Adenovirus Rowe and associates in 1953. The adenovirus is isolated from adenoids…
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Introduction of Adenovirus Rowe and associates in 1953. The adenovirus is isolated from adenoids…
What is food poisoning? Food poisoning is acute gastroenteritis caused by ingestion of food or drink that is contaminated with either living bacteria that are in large numbers or their…
Morphology of Mycobacterium leprae Mycobacterium leprae is straight rods about 1 - 8 x 0.2 - 0.5µm and it appears either single or groups. It is an intracellular low acid-fast…
Overview of Rabies virus Rabies virus causes a rapidly progressive acute infectious disease of the central nervous system in human beings as well as other animals, transmitted from another rabid…
Overview of Toxoplasma gondii Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular coccidian parasite, It was first described in 1908 by Nicolle and Manceaux in a small rodent called gondii in North…
Overview of Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus is gram-positive cocci and the In the Greek word, 'Staphyle' means a bunch of grapes, and 'kokkos' means berry. It is spherical cocci, around…
Overview of Escherichia Escherichia coli is first isolated by Escherich in 1885 and it is the most important species encountered as a human pathogen. Most commonly found in human and…
Overview of candida Candida generally lives inside the body in places like the mouth, throat, gut, & vagina, and skin without causing any problems. Candida albicans is the most common…
Introduction of Neisseria gonorrhoea Neisseria gonorrhoea (Gonococcus) causes ‘gonorrhea’, a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and commonly manifests as cervicitis, urethritis, and conjunctivitis. Morphology Neisseria gonorrhoea is non-capsulated, gram-negative intracellular kidney-shaped…
Introduction of Gardnerella vaginalis Gardnerella vaginalis is formerly known as Haemophilus vaginalis or Corynebacterium vaginale. It is normally isolated from the normal female genital tract in low numbers. It causes…