Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Sunday, February 15, 2015

A Guide to Bacterial Identification

A presentaton of bacterial identification

Learning objectives:
  • Describe the five key steps to identifying bacterial isolates
  • Describe the key microscopic and cultural characteristics of bacteria that can be used in identification
  • Select and describe basic phenotypic tests for the identification of bacteria
  • Interpret preliminary bacterial identification profiles
  • Select methods for definitive identification
  • Identify limitations and pitfalls of both commercial and manual identification methods
  • Apply trouble-shooting principles to facilitate difficult identifications

Open presentation:
A Guide to Bacterial Identification

Source: RCPA, Marion Yuen

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