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Documente Cultură
MODERATOR:
Dr.Varsha A Singh
PRESENTED BY :
Dr.Khushboo gautam
Introduction
Defination:
liquid specimen/ sample suspended in saline
Specimens to be examined
Urinary tract infection-Urine
Gastro-intestinal infection-Stool, peritoneal fluid
Central nervous system infections-CSF
Respiratory tract infection-BAL, Pleural fluid
Female genital tract infection-Vaginal swab
Bone and joint infections-Synovial fluid
RBC
>5RBC/HPF-hematuria
Fresh RBC-Lower UT
Haemorrhage
Inflammation
Trauma
Crenated RBC
Dehydration
Diarrhea
Heart failure
Glycosuria
WBC
>5WBC/HPF-In uncentrifuged urine
Pyuria
Vaginal contamination
Bladder infection
Neoplastic cells
Renal carcinomas
Acute tubular necrosis
Heavy metal intoxication
Yeast
Bacteria
Cellular cast
RBC Cast
Glomerulonephritis
Renal infarction
urinary tract injury
subacute bacterial endocarditis
WBC Cast
pyelonephritis
Acute allergic interstitial nephritis
A cellular Cast
Hyaline cast
Granular Cast
Waxy cast
Crystals
Triple phosphate
Chronic cystitis
Chronic pyelitis
Cholesterol crystals
Nephritis
Nephrotic syndrome
Diabetes mellitus
Chronic liver disease
Tyrosine
Drug
Sulfa drugs
Stool
Bacterial
parasitic
Bacterial
Diarrhea
Dysentery
pus cells
Pus cells
Pus cells
Vibrio-darting motility
parasitic
Saline
Trophozites/adult worms
Iodine
cysts & ova
Giardia lamblia
Hookworm egg
Ancylostoma duodenale
stercoralis strongyloides
Enterobius vermicularis
Ascaris lumbricoides
candida
Peritoneal fluid
Ascites
WBC
pus cell
epithelial cells
Honeycomb" structures
-Pneumocystis carinii
BAL-India ink
Cryptococcus neoformins
Strept. pneumoniae
Candida albicans
Pleural fluid
Aspergillus fumigatus
Lung abscess
Trophozoite
of E.histolytica
Liver abscess
Aspirate from a space-occupying hepatic lesion
Trophozoite
Of E.histolytica
CSF
Viral infection-2-4WBC/HPF
WBC(monocyte)
candida
C.neoformins
Strept. pneumoniae
Naegleria fowleri
Acanthamoeba
vaginal swab
Vulvovaginal candidiasis
Bacterial vaginosis
synovial fluid
Non inflammatory
-1 to 2 WBC/HPF
Inflammation or infection
->20 WBC/HPF
Septic
- >100WBC/HPF
(also Rheumatoid arthritis,gout,pseudogout)