Laboratory Diagnosis Of Infectious Diseases

Question 1

Scrapings of the base lesion on Wright-Giemsa stain revealed clusters of blue rods with prominent polar granules and surrounded by pink capsules seen in Klebsiella granulomatis is called..

Answer 1

Donovan bodies

Question 2

Transport medium for typhoid

Answer 2

Selenite-F broth

Question 3

Selective Media for isolation of Vibrio

Answer 3

Thiosulfate Citrate Bilesalt Sucrose Agar

Question 4

Media primarily used for isolation of E. coli O157:H7

Answer 4

Sorbitol McConkey Agar

Question 5

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing method that uses drugs diffusion from impregnated paper disks through the agar forming a circular gradient

Answer 5

Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion