Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease caused mainly by Tuberculosis. The disease primarily affects the lungs, but it READ MORE ………….
Tuberculosis
Author: Dr. Parag Chauhan
Cryptococcosis
Introduction Cryptococcosis is a serious opportunistic fungal infection caused by encapsulated yeasts of the genus Cryptococcus. The two most important READ MORE ………….
Collection, transportation and processing of clinical samples for microbiology investigations
Introduction Accurate microbiological diagnosis depends largely on the quality of the clinical sample that reaches the laboratory. The process begins READ MORE ………….
Sterilization
Introduction Sterilization describes a process that destroys or eliminates all forms of microbial life and is carried out in health-care READ MORE ………….
Nosocomial Infection
Introduction Nosocomial infections, also known as hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), are infections that develop during a patient’s stay in a healthcare READ MORE ………….