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Diagnostic techniques

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Direct examination
Culture
Immunological methods
Molecular analysis

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Molecular diagnosis

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DNA, RNA and proteins can be used to help identify the pathogenic agents
Sensitivity (true positive rate)
Specificity (true negative rate)
Reduction in dependency on culture
Safe
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Molecular Diagnosis Examples

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Electrophoresis
Restriction fragment length polymorphism
Hybridization and probe
Nuclear acid amplification-target
Protein detection- Western blot, proteomics
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Electrophoresis

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Separated in an electrophoretic field
Negatively charges molecules go to the positive end
Mobility
-size: the smaller, the faster
-structure: supercoiled>linear>nicked circles (DNA)

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Restriction fragment length polymorphism

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Analyzing differences among homologous DNA sequences by restriction enzymes
Restriction enzymes: cut DNA at the specific recognition nucleotide sequences (sequence specific)

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Restriction Enzymes

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Sticky End

Blunt end

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Hybridization

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Denatured, single-stranded DNA i.e, probe binds to a complementary single-stranded sequence
Dot, in situ, Southern, Northenr, microarray

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Probe

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Fragment of nucleic acids
Labeled using radioisotope, enzyme, or chemiluminescence
Detecting complementary sequences in the samples
High degree of specificity
varies in size

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Nucleic acid amplification

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Target amplification- enzyme-mediated process to synthesize copies of targeted nucleic acid
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
isothermal amplification, such as LAMP
High sensitivity
False positive
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PCR primers

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Single-stranded DNA fragments, complementary to sequences flanking the region to be amplified
The distance between the primer binding sites determines the size of the PCR product
Determine the specificity

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Features of primers

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Types: random and specific
Primers: product size, annealing temp and specificity
Nucleotide composition

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PCR variations

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Reverse-transcriptase PCR
Nested PCR
Multiplex PCR
Quantitative or real-time PCR

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Real time PCR

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Probe or dye to generate a fluorescent signal from the product
Signal in real time allows quantification of starting material
Signal- an exponential curve with a lag phase, log phase, and a stationary phase
Lag phase is inversely proportional to the amount of starting material

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LAMP

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Pros: no thermal cycler needed
Quick- 1h
sensitivity > PCR
Visible results
Cons: design of primer sets complicated
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Western Blot

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separate proteins on Page gel
Transfer
probe with antibody to detect signals
detects proteins

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importance of clinical microbial diagnostics

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Guide care of patients
Determine appropriate treatments for infectious diseases
Determine the risk of pathogen transmission - public heath and surveillance

Molecular testing
HT sequencing
Serology

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Diagnostic process

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Patient
specimen collection
in house analysis
specimen shipment
laboratory analysis
data reporting and interpretation
diagnosis and treatment
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Physical Characteristics of infectious diseases

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Blue tongue in sheep: suspected blue tongue disease
Cloudy, bad smelling urine, blood in urine, frequent urination: suspected UTI
Lethargic puppy with diarrhea anorectic, dull coat, big belly: suspected intestinal parasites

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Pathognomic sings

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Diagnostic sign marking the presence of a particular disease

Silver dollar plaques: edematous cutaneous patches=daurine

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Specimens to collect

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Tissue
Scraps/swaps/impression
Transudate/exudates
Urine/misc fluids
Feces
Vomitus/sputum
blood
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Transudate

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Watery, clear fluid pushed through capillary due to high pressure
Low protein content
few cells

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Exudate

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Cloudy- higher protein content and many contain some white and red cells
Inflammation based vascular permeability that is increased

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What to collect

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Type of specimen to collect depends upon several factors
Clinical symptoms: type of infecting pathogen, location of infection
Duration of infection
Diagnostic test to be performed/available

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Common specimens for bacterial infections

Dogs and cats

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Skin scrap, impressions, hair
ear swab
urine
wound swab and fluids
blood
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Common specimens for bacterial infections

Horses

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nasal swabs and fluids

wound swabs and fluids

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Common specimens for bacterial infections

Food-producing animals

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post-mortem tissue and organs

milk

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Common specimens for parasitic infections

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Feces
Vomit
sputum
blood
urine
skin scrap
muscle biopsy
post mortem samples
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Common specimens for viral infections

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feces
blood
nasal, tracheal, eye swabs
sputum
post mortem samples
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When to collect

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Before starting any treatments or therapies
During the acute phase

Multiple time point collection
Detection of agent
Detection of the immune response

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How to collect

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Aseptic sampling techniques:
Reduce and/or avoid contamination with normal host microbiota
Avoid environmental contamination
Reduce risk on secondary infections following sampling
collection from intact pustule or cystocentesis

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Cystocentesis

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Remove urine directly from bladder with sterile syringe through abdominal wall
Preferred specimen collection for UTI diagnositcs

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Specimen storage and transport

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Correct handling and transport depends upon pathogen type, specimen type and diagnostic tests to be performed
Temperature?
Moisture?
Additive to preserve specimen and reduce contaminant growth
Proper specimen storage and transport should always aim to avoid contamination and care for biosaftey

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Principles of pathogen-specific immune response

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Antigen= molecule that can trigger a host immune response
-the pathogen itself (surface molecule)
-a molecule produced by the pathogen
-pathogen molecules presented on the surface of host cells
Antibodies=bind specific antigen

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Why immunological methods

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determine infectious agent as quickly as possible because they pose a threat to other animals or humans
Organisms that take too long for culturing
Organisms that are difficult to culture
unculturable organisms in artificial media

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Sensitivity

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The ability of the test to detect even very minute quantities of antigen or antibody

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Specificty

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The ability of the test to detect reactions between homologous Ag and Ab and with no other (minimal false positive reactions)

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What to collect: serology

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to detect antibodies
Blood
Tissue fluids

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What to collect: serotyping

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To detect antigens
Area of infection where pathogen replicates
Area of infection where antigen is present

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Timing is key for accurate testing

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Collect in acute phase: Ag and possibly Ab detection
Collect again (10-14 days after infection) for Ab
Indicators for an active or recent infection: pathogen detection, clinical symptoms
Presence of antibody alone may not indicate an active infection
Absence of antibody may not mean absence of pathogen

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Antibody titer

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Measurement of antibody quantity

Number of circulating antibodies will decrease over time

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Elisa

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Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
Detects Ab response to viruses, parasites, bacteria or fungi
High sensitivity and specificity
Quantitative: indication of amount of Ag or Ab present

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Direct Elisa

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Antigen is bound to the solid phase, washed to remove unbound molecules and directly incubated with a conjugated antibody. After substrate addition, resulting signal is quantified

  • quantitative or qualitative Ag detection in the sample
  • antibody screening
  • epitope mapping (since only Ab is involved)
  • immunohistochemical staining of tissues and cells
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Indirect elisa

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Addition of a labled secondary antibody for detection on the basis of direct ELISA. The secondary antibody serves to enhance the signal of the primary antibody, which makes the test more sensitive than direct ELISA. Detect specific antibodies in serum samples
Increases signal

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Sandwich ELISA

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This direct or indirect assay requires a compatible antibody pair that recognize different epitopes on the same antigen. Designed for soluble antigens or at low concentration

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Lateral-flow immunoassay

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Diagnostic device used to confirm presence or absence of a target molecule. A variation of ELISA that is mostly qualitative or semi-quantitative
User friendly, easy to interpret
One-step analysis
Low cost
versatility of formats
rapid
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IDEXX SNAP

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SNAP pet-side test is a variation of the lateral-flow immunoassays and uses bidirectional flow. The test includes an integrated wash step to remove debris (minimize false positives) and amplifies the result (increases sensitivity)
Different snap tests have been developed for detection of specific antigen or antibodies

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Immunofluorescence

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Direct or indirect (uses second antibody) assay for tissue or cell smears
-localization of pathogen (arrangement with host tissue cells)
-autoimmune diseases, viral diseases (antibody testing for heartworm)
High sensitivity and specificity

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Direct Immunofluorescence

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Pros: rapid single-step staining
Can use multiple antibodies from same host
Cons: no signal amplification from secondary
Each primary must be labeled individually

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Indirect Immunofluorescence

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Pros: secondary amplifies signal
A few labeled secondaries can detect many primaries
Cons: two-step staining
Requires antibodies from different hosts

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Combined Immunofluorescence

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Pros: Amplify signal for weaker targets with secondaries
Stain with multiple primaries from same species
Cons: multi-step staining

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Agglutination test

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Visible clumping of particulate (insoluble) Ag with its specific Ab forming visible lattice
Pros: latex test (indirect method) are most common and require no additional instruments
-easy to manufacture and use, cheap, reaction clearly visible
Cons: low sensitivity and specificity and affected by vaccine-induced Ab

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Phenotypic characteristics

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Observable characteristics of microorganisms
Morphology
Biochemical reactions

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Concentration techniques

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To increase the concentration of pathogen material
Commonly used for parasite diagnosis
-filtration or centrifugation techniques
-flotation/sedimentation techniques for feces, vomit, sputum
-baermann test for larval identification

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Fecal flotation: fresh feces

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detect parasites inhabiting the GI tract, liver and bile ducts
Gross examination

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Fecal flotation

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Based on the differences in specific gravity between the parasites eggs, larvae, cysts or oocysts and the majority of fecal debris

  • qualitative examination: presence of parasite
  • determine egg types
  • determine existence and general level of infectionL eggs per field view
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McMaster egg counting slide

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Determine general egg types

Determine level of infection: eggs per gram of feces

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Baermann technique

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A method for the extraction of nematode larvae from fresh feces
warm water stimulates larvae in the sample to move out of it and gravity pulls them to the bottom of the container

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Microscope identification

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Pros: determine cell/tissue morphology
-cellular association of pathogens
-pathogen morphology
-impression of the disease stage and severity
-rapid and immediate analysis
Cons: mild/chronic infection may not readily detect
not all specimens can be used

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Staining techniques: simple stain

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Simple stain: one dye
-identification of morphology and cellular arrangement
Drawback: may not stain all components of the cell- difficult interpretation

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Differential stain

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More than one dye
Identification of morphology and cellular arrangement
Distinguish between different cell types and structures
Drawback: multistep method requires more time, reagents, and expertise

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H and E

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Common tissue stain used in histopathology to identify a wide range of normal and abnormal cells and tissues. Can identify bacteria, fungi, parasitic and viral infections
Key concept: different cellular structures have different affinities for the dyes dur to chemical composition

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Hematoxylin

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Basic stain (basic stain) stains acidic or negatively charges components– purple

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Eosin

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Acidic stain: stains basic or positively charges components stains also extracellular components- red/pink

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viral inclusion bodies

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Nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregates mostly made of proteins, that respresent the site of viral replication

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Gram-stain

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Common stain to differentiate between gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria based on the physical and chemical properties of their cell walls (peptidoglycan)
Gram-positive purple
Gram-negative pink

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Acid fast stain

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Bacteria

stains organisms with impenetrable cell wall

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Capsule stain

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Bacteria
Negative staining technique=contrast a translucent, darker colored background (using nigrosine or congo red) with stained cells but unstained capsule

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Endospore stain

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Bacteria

Spores are dyed by heating malachite green dye

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Flagella stain

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Bacteria

flagella are thickened with moredant

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Lactophenol cotton blue stain

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Parasite and fungal

Cotton blue stains chitin present in cell wall of fungi

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Gomori methenamine silver

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Parasite and fungal

Dark brown staining of fungal cell wall, surrounding tissue green

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Periodic acid schiff

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Parasite and fungal

Mucin stain

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Leishman stain

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Parasite and fungal

Staining blood smears- better contrast between violet nuclei and neutrophil granules

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Wheatley’s trichrome stain

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detection of protozoa

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Diff-quick

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Commonly used in histological staining for rapid staining (mainly cytoplasmic details)
Fixative (fast green in methanol)
Sample should be airdried prior to dipping into solutions

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Culture methods

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Different bacteria have different environmental and nutritional requirements Info used to: ensure pathogen growth from out specimen, enrich the number of pathogens for further study, determine pethogens identity
Drawbacks: time consuming, supplies, expertise, unculturable bacteria

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Fastidious Bacteria environmental requirements

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Temperature (common range 20-42)
pH
Atmospheric composition

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Fastidious Bacteria nutritional requirements

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Large amounts of C and N from different sources
Phosphate, sulfate, potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron
Trace elements, vitamins, purines/pyrimidines

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Great-plate count anomoly

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The term “unculturable” is used to describe bacteria that are not grown on artificial media till date (we do not have sufficient biological info to culture these in vitro)

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Agar

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Solid
Nutrient media: general growth
Selective media: growth of suspected agent
Differential media: most are selective and aid in ID

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Broth

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Liquid
Nutrient broth
Enrichment broth: increase number of specific bacteria and limit others

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Culture media

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Bacteria grow on solid media as colonies
Streak plate method to obtain pure cultures
Consider oxygen requiremnts

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Bacterial colony

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Visible mass of bacteria all originating from a single mother cell. Thus a bacterial colony constitutes a clone of bacteria all genetically alike

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Basic nutrient media

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Trypticase Soy Agar (TSA)
Luria bertani (LB) agar
Mueller hinton (MH) agar
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Enriched nutrient media

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blood agar
brain heart infusion (BHI) agar
chocolare agar
lysed blood agar

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Phenylethyl alcohol agar

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Selective for gram positive organisms

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Sabouraud dextrose agar

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selective for fungi

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Eosin methylene blue agar

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selective for gram negative organisms

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Blood agar

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Hemolysis

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Macconkey agar

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selective for gram negative
lactose fermentation (Pink colonies)
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Mannitol salt agar

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gram positive 
Mannitol fermentation (yellow colonies)
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CLED agar

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for urinary bacteriology
Cysteine lactose electrolyte deficient
supports growth of common urinary pathogens
lactose fermentation

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enzyme production

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Catalase: breaks down hydrogen peroxide
Coagulase: causes fibrin in blood to clot
Urease: hydrolyses urea
Tryptophanase: ability to convert tryptophane to indole

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Carbon source utilization

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Simmons’ citrate agar test: differentiate gram-negative bacteria on the basis of citrate utilization as carbon source
Use of citrate and metabolization of ammonium salt–amonia production–increase pH– color change

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Carbohydrate fermentation

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lactose, glucose, sucrose
xylose, maltose, arabinose
commercialized in API system test strips

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UTI culture paddles

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semi-quantitative colony count
Presumptive id of many common uropathogens

Paddle with 2 sides, incubate 37 for 18-24h
EMB: selectove for gram negative
non selective CLED medium

Interpretation of results with guidlines
colony density–degree of infection
growth on EMB–gram negative
color on CLED–lactose fermentation

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Flexicult Vet Urinary test

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semi-quantitative colony count
Presumptive id of many common uropathogens
antibiotic susceptibility information of bacteria

Start test within 30 min of urine collection
incubate test at 37 for 18-24h

UTI infection? patient with symptoms and more than 100 pthogen/ml
No growth–bacteria suceptible to antibiotic

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Choose good diagnostic lab

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Provides guidance for optimal specimen management (selection, collection, storage, and transport of clinical samples)
Performs immunochemical and molecular methods for pathogen identification
performs antimicrobial susceptibility testing
implements transparent and continuous quality assurance measures
Is accredited by national reference laboratories
Has availability of skilled microbiologists, parasitologist, virologists, and pathologists for case based expert advice and data interpretation
standardization of test methods

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Data interpretation

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Diagnostic tests with yes no results:
snap test
multiplex PCR
Agglutination tests
MALDI-TOF MS
with quantitative results
urine tests with cut off valves
ELISA
qPCR
Antimicrobial susceptibility tests
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False-positives

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A diagnostic test is postive for pathogen or pathogen specific antibodies but the patient is not infected with that pathogen

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False-negatives

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A diagnostic test is negative for a pathogen or pathogen specific antibodies but the patient is infected with that pathogen

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