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  2. Urinary tract infection - Wikipedia

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    Another test, urine microscopy, looks for the presence of red blood cells, white blood cells, or bacteria. Urine culture is deemed positive if it shows a bacterial colony count of greater than or equal to 10 3 colony-forming units per mL of a typical urinary tract organism. Antibiotic sensitivity can also be tested with these cultures, making ...

  3. Antibiotic sensitivity testing - Wikipedia

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    [1] [9] The results of antimicrobial susceptibility tests performed during a given time period can be compiled, usually in the form of a table, to form an antibiogram. [31] [32] Antibiograms help the clinician to select the best empiric antimicrobial therapy based on the local resistance patterns until the laboratory test results are available ...

  4. Salmonella - Wikipedia

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    RVS broth can be used to enrich for Salmonella species for detection in a clinical sample. [23] Salmonella can also be detected and subtyped using multiplex [24] or real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) [25] from extracted Salmonella DNA. Mathematical models of Salmonella growth kinetics have been developed for chicken, pork, tomatoes, and ...

  5. Urinalysis - Wikipedia

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    The interpretation of urinalysis takes into account the results of physical, chemical and microscopic examination and the person's overall condition. Urine test results should always be interpreted using the reference range provided by the laboratory that performed the test, or using information provided by the test strip/device manufacturer. [136]

  6. IMViC - Wikipedia

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    To test the broth for indole production, Kovac's reagent. Kovac's reagent consist of amyl alcohol and para-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde and concentrated hydrochloric acid . Kovac's reagent is actually used to determine ability of an organism to separate indole from amino acid tryptophan and it is added after incubation.

  7. TSI slant - Wikipedia

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    TSI agar slant results: (from left) preinoculated (as control), P. aeruginosa, E. coli, Salmonella Typhimurium, Shigella flexneri The Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) test is a microbiological test roughly named for its ability to test a microorganism's ability to ferment sugars and to produce hydrogen sulfide. [1]

  8. Are your eggs safe? What to know after salmonella outbreak ...

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    Salmonella is a group of bacteria that can cause foodborne illness. It is commonly associated with undercooked meat and eggs; however, outbreaks have recently been linked to other foods, such as ...

  9. Salmonellosis - Wikipedia

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    Salmonellosis is a symptomatic infection caused by bacteria of the Salmonella type. [1] It is the most common disease to be known as food poisoning (though the name refers to food-borne illness in general), these are defined as diseases, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food.