Bio Spec



Bio Spec Overview

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Description: * Bronchial wash and BAL will be processed within 2 h for bacterial, mycobacterial and mycological analysis using routine procedures. Specimens will be mixed and cultured on blood agar, chocolate agar, Sabarauds' Dextrose agar, MacConkey agar and Lowenstein Jensen medium.
* Blood sample will be collected aseptically inoculated into the blood culture bottles, A blood culture system (BACT/ALERT 3D, BioMérieux Inc., Durham,USA) will be used for incubating blood culture samples and will be evaluated for 7 days. Positive blood culture bottles will be subjected to Gram's staining, cultured on blood agar, chocolate agar, Sabarauds' Dextrose agar and MacConkey agar.

Bronchoscopic and blood culture samples that are positive for bacterial growth will undergo antimicrobial drug sensitivity testing .
Section: * Bronchial wash and BAL will be processed within 2 h for bacterial, mycobacterial and mycological analysis using routine procedures. Specimens will be mixed and cultured on blood agar, chocolate agar, Sabarauds' Dextrose agar, MacConkey agar and Lowenstein Jensen medium. * Blood sample will be collected aseptically inoculated into the blood culture bottles, A blood culture system (BACT/ALERT 3D, BioMérieux Inc., Durham,USA) will be used for incubating blood culture samples and will be evaluated for 7 days. Positive blood culture bottles will be subjected to Gram's staining, cultured on blood agar, chocolate agar, Sabarauds' Dextrose agar and MacConkey agar. Bronchoscopic and blood culture samples that are positive for bacterial growth will undergo antimicrobial drug sensitivity testing .