Triple phosphate (ammonium magnesium phosphate) crystals are commonly seen in alkaline urine.
In their routine form, they are easily identified by their prism shape that frequently resembles ...
Uric acid crystals are seen in a variety of shapes, including rhombic, four-sided flat plates (whetstones), wedges, and rosettes.Form in urine when pH < 5.5
They usually appear ...
Hymenolepis nana:
eggs are usually spherical transparent
30-47 µm in diameter
hyaline shell is thin
contain a 6-hooked oncosphere.
polar filaments(4-8 ) which are found between ...
Hymenolepis nana
Hymenolepis nana, the dwarf tapeworm, is the smallest tapeworm to infect humans. This cestode belongs to a large family known as Hymenolepididae.
The diagnostic features ...
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (also called chronic myeloid leukemia) is a rare cancer that affects bone marrow. That’s where blood cells are produced.
CML leads to the production ...
Chronic neutrophilic leukemia :
The peripheral blood smear shows an absolute neutrophilia without the significant left shift, vacuolization, or toxic granulation usually associated ...
General Description
Entamoeba histolytica is an ameba that feeds on cells in the human colon. It is the cause of amebic dysentery (bloody diarrhea) as well as colonic ulcerations. ...
Helicobacter pylori
Helicobacter pylori previously named Campylobacter pyloridis, is a Gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium found in the stomach. It was identified in 1982 by Barry ...
Candida albicans is a diploid fungus that grows both as yeast and filamentous cells and a causal agent of opportunistic oral and genital infections in humans.
Systemic fungal infections ...
Deoxycholate Agar (DOC):
To isolate and differentiate between various members of the family Enterobacteriaceae.
DOC contains sodium deoxycholate and citrate which work to inhibit the ...
Endo agar (also called Endo’s medium) is a microbiological growth medium with a faint pink colour.
Purpose :
Endo agar is used to detect fecal contamination in water and dairy ...
Purpose:
The identification process of an unknown microbe relies on obtaining a pure culture of that organism.
The streak plate method produces individual colonies on an agar plate. ...