Role of Microbiology Lab Flashcards

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What is the clinical function of a lab?

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Diagnosis of infection in an individual patient for everyday management of infections

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What is the epidemiological function of a lab?

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Support for infection prevention and control in searching for source and route of transmission of HAI

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What are some classical bacteriological methods?

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Direct smear
Culture
Antigen detection

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What does Gram staining tell us?

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Cell wall composition

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