Clinical Microbiology

Function and Importance of Medical Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology Laboratories

Clinical Microbiology and Medical Microbiology Laboratory plays a critical role in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with lower respiratory tract infections. Lab; By providing pathogen detection, identification and susceptibility testing, it is the basis of optimal empirical antibiotic therapy and tailor-made treatment processes.

The Clinical Microbiology and Medical Microbiology laboratory also provides the hospital epidemiology unit with epidemiological data that assists in the prevention, detection, investigation and termination of hospital outbreaks.

When the information provided by the Clinical Microbiology and Medical Microbiology laboratory is used timely and correctly; clinical recovery is achieved in a timely manner, unnecessary antibiotic use is reduced and hospital-acquired infections are prevented.

Fundamentals of Microbiology: Collection, Processing and Diagnosis

Microbiology focuses on the isolation, characterization and characterization of microorganisms. Infections can be caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites. To diagnose an infection; A sample is taken from a body site where detection of a pathogen or associated biological markers is most likely to indicate disease. The sample is transported to the laboratory with the appropriate transportation method.

Microbiology is considered the first discipline of personalized medicine. This unit considers and examines each individual as a separate phenomenon. The clinical microbiologist can sometimes give a possible diagnosis of a disease immediately. He can recommend appropriate treatment by examining a material prepared from the sample with Gram staining.

The existence of microorganisms was only revealed with the discovery of the microscope, and significant distances have been recorded since then. The word “microscope” was first used in 1625.

The suggestions of Robert Koch, one of the most famous pioneers in the field of microbiology, are still widely used today. These principles are very important in research. For example, the microorganism must be isolated and grown in pure culture medium, while microorganisms from pure culture should reproduce the disease when inoculated into a susceptible animal.

These principles led to the first animal experimentation in Clinical Microbiology and Medical Microbiology laboratories, thus leading to significant developments in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.