Sunday 10 December 2017

BILE STAINED EGGS - PARASITES

BILE STAINED EGGS

MNEMONIC - "TAT"

Trichuris trichura 

Egg of Trichuris trichura 
Ascaris lumbricoides 

Egg of Ascaris lumbricoides
Taenia Solium & Taenia Saginata

Egg of Taenia Species 

Thursday 7 December 2017

NON BILE STAINED EGGS - PARASITES

NON BILE STAINED EGGS

MNEMONIC - "A HEN"

Ancylostoma duodenale 

Hymenolepis nana

Enterobius vermicularis 

Necator americanus 



Friday 22 September 2017

The world is running out of antibiotics: WHO

The world is running out of antibiotics, WHO report confirms: A report launched today by WHO shows a serious lack of new antibiotics under development to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance.

Thursday 21 September 2017

WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed

WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed: WHO today published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant 'priority pathogens'—a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.

Tuesday 4 July 2017

Sunday 18 June 2017

Sunday 12 February 2017

GRAM STAIN...

Original Gram Stain Protocol

Primary Stain : Ehrlich's aniline Gentian violet

followed by : Aqueous solution of Iodine-Potassium Iodide

Decolouriser: Absolute alcohol

Counter stain : Bismarck brown


Modifications 

Hucker's modification

Burke's modification

Kopeloff- Beerman modification

Saturday 11 February 2017

MNEMONICS

Meningitis common organisms 

NHS

Neisseria meningitidis
Hemophilus influenzae
Streptococcus pneumoniae

Members of Picorna viridiae

PEECoRNA

Poliovirus
Echovirus
Enterovirus
COrona virus
Rhinovirus
Hepatitis A