Tech Flashcards
Cryptosporidium
SUGAR FLOTATION TECHNIQUE
We can isolate here the rounded oocysts and crescent
sporozoites
SUGAR FLOTATION TECHNIQUE/
uses sat. NaCl solution- 40g NaCl + 100 mL dist. H2O
WILLIE’S BRINE
4 consecutive negative results
CELLULOSE TAPE PREPARATION/GRAHAM SCOTCH TAPE METHOD
Collection: morning before the patient washes or defecates
CELLULOSE TAPE PREPARATION/GRAHAM SCOTCH TAPE METHOD
Enterobius vermicularis and Taenia
CELLULOSE TAPE PREPARATION/GRAHAM SCOTCH TAPE METHOD
Estimates worm burden
EGG COUNT TECHNIQUE
✓ Determines the degree of infection (light, moderate or heavy)
Egg Count Technique –
For recovery of hookworms, Ascaris and Trichuris
Egg Count Technique –
1.5 mg feces (667) = epg
2 mg feces (500) = epg
DIRECT SMEAR EGG COUNT
-0.1 N NaOH
STOLL’S EGG COUNTING TECHNIQUE DILUTION EGG
COUNT
-KTS FOR SCHISTOSOMES
THICK SMEAR EGG COUNT
FOR
SCHISTOSOMES
DILUTION-FILTRATION EGG COUNT
The counts can be reported as eggs per direct smears
DIRECT SMEAR EGG COUNT
Dilution egg count is by?
By Stoll and Hausheer
The Kato cellophane covered thick smear is modified by
Martin and Beaver
For simultaneous qualitative and quantitative diagnosis of the common intestinal nematode infections
THICK SMEAR EGG COUNT
For routine quantitative diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japanicum infections.
THICK SMEAR EGG COUNT
DILUTION-FILTRATION EGG COUNT is by?
Bell
can be concentrated filtering a suspension
of feces through filter paper on which the eggs are stained and counted.
Schistosome eggs- DILUTION-FILTRATION EGG COUNT
is a laboratory tool used to determine a given parasite’s resistance to extant drug therapy.
Egg hatching assay
Fresh eggs are incubated from the parasite of interest and serial
dilutions of the drug of interest are applied
Egg Hatching Technique
will give and accurate and reliable
result.
egg hatch assay
All liquid medium commonly used for the isolation and maintenance
of Entamoeba histolytica and Balantidium coli
BALAMUTH’S MONOPHASIC MEDIUM
Cyst to trophozoite of Entamoeba histolytica and Balantidium coli
BALAMUTH’S MONOPHASIC MEDIUM
Use of eggyolk
BALAMUTH’S MONOPHASIC MEDIUM
Entamoeba histolytica
Boeck & Drbohlav’s Diphasic as Modified by Dobell and Laidlaw
Egg slant
Boeck & Drbohlav’s Diphasic as Modified by Dobell and Laidlaw
Use of whole hen’s eggs
Boeck & Drbohlav’s Diphasic as Modified by Dobell and Laidlaw
T. vaginalis
TRUSSEL AND JOHNSON’S MEDIUM
Entamoeba histolytica
Giardia lamblia
AXENIC CULTURE METHOD
Monophasic clear liquid for rapid growth of dense populations of
amoeba,
Axenic Culture Method
This medium is highly specific for E. histolytica , which grows luxuriantly
on this medium.
Cleveland & Collier’s
Proteose peptone and infusion from liver provide amino acids and
other nitrogenous substances that support growth of E. histolytica
Cleveland & Collier’s
In cleveland and collier’s what maintains the osmotic balance of the medium?
Sodium chloride
In cleveland and collier’s what acts as a phosphorus source
sodium a-glycerophosphate
Used to maintain bacteria-free cultures of the flagellate for
teaching and research
SIMPLIFIED TRYPTICASE SERUM)
For Naegleria and Acanthamoeba from CSF or brain tissue
CULBERTSON’S MEDIUM
Simplest method for culturing Naegleria and acanthamoeba
WILLAERT’S MEDIUM
Uses non nutrient agar
WILLAERT’S MEDIUM
Seeded with heat killed or live bacteria usually E. coli
Willaert’s medium
Best medium
Novy, MacNeal and Nicole (NNN) Diphasic
CULTURE METHOD FOR LEISHMANIA & TRYPANOSOMES that use of sterile defibrinated rabbit blood
NOVY, MACNEAL AND NICOLE (NNN) DIPHASIC
Originial medium of NNN?
sterile defibrinated rabbit blood
Modified NNN
Schneider’s insect medium with 10% fetal calf serum
Days of NNN?
10-21days
For Trypanosoma cruzi and Toxoplasma
Cellular media
Modification of the Moguchi-Battistini medium for culturing
Bartonella bacilliformis
WEINMAN’S MEDIUM
Medium for Trypanosoma gambiense
WEINMAN’S MEDIUM
Cultivation of African Trypanosomes
TOBIE’S DIPHASIC MEDIUM
Positive stool samples are mixed with moistened soil of granulated charcoal and them larvae is harvested by Bornhermann procedure
Coproculture
Positive stool sample is applied to the filter paper? Filter paper is placed into a test tube with 7 mL of boiled or
distilled water
HARADA-MORI CULTURE method
In harada mori hookworm filariform moves?
Downward
In harada mori strongyloides largae moves?
Upward
Uses uretral ang vaginal exudates as specimen
Simplified trypticase serum
Other intestinal amoebae do not grow readily on this
medium
Cleveland and collier’s
Cleveland and collier’s technique of overlaying the medium with
Fresh sterile horse serum saline
as been an essential component of numerous
immunological and biochemical studies
Axenic culture method
as been an essential component of numerous
immunological and biochemical studies
Axenic culture method
Monophasic clear liquid for rapid growth of dense populations of
amebae
Axenic culture media