Enterobacteriaceae Cultural Characteristics
Cultural Characteristics of the Enterobacteriaceae Family The family Enterobacteriaceae constitutes a large and diverse group of Gram-negative, nonspore-forming bacilli commonly …
Bacteriology
Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Neisseria gonorrhoeae, commonly referred to as the gonococcus, is an obligate human pathogen …
Habitat and Morphology of Shigella dysenteriae
Shigella dysenteriae: The Etiologic Agent of Severe Bacillary Dysentery Shigella dysenteriae is a highly pathogenic species within the genus Shigella, …
Habitat and Morphology of Klebsiella pneumoniae
Habitat and Morphology of Klebsiella pneumoniae The bacterium *Klebsiella pneumoniae* is a clinically significant and environmentally ubiquitous organism belonging to …
Laboratory Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Francisella tularensis
Laboratory Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Francisella tularensis Tularemia, often called rabbit fever, is a highly infectious, acute febrile zoonotic …
Laboratory diagnosis of Leprosy caused by Mycobacterium leprae
Laboratory Diagnosis of Leprosy Caused by Mycobacterium leprae The diagnosis of Leprosy, or Hansen’s disease, is fundamentally a clinical exercise, …
Laboratory diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Leptospira interrogans
Laboratory Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Leptospirosis Caused by Leptospira interrogans Leptospirosis is the world’s most widespread zoonotic bacterial infection, …
Pathogenesis and Clinical manifestations of Francisella tularensis
Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestations of Francisella tularensis Tularemia is a debilitating febrile illness caused by the Gram-negative, facultative intracellular bacterium, …
Pathogenesis and Clinical manifestation of Gardenerella vaginalis
Pathogenesis and Clinical Manifestation of Gardnerella vaginalis The bacterium *Gardnerella vaginalis* is central to the etiology of Bacterial Vaginosis (BV), …
Virulence factors, Pathogenesis and Clinical manifestations of Listeria monocytogenes
Virulence factors, Pathogenesis and Clinical manifestations of Listeria monocytogenes Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is a ubiquitous Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, psychrotolerant …