Bacteriological notes

Notes on the bacteriological diagnosis of gonorrhoea.

(1) Examination of Stained Smears of Secretions for Gonococci Specimens of the secretion to be examined may be taken on sterile cotton wool swabs on wooden applicators or with a platinum loop. The material should be spread as thinly as possible on the slide. When swabs are used, it is preferable to transfer the material by rolling the swab along the slide rather than rotating the tip. When the ...

Bacteriological Technique

Autobiographical notes

I was born in Zagreb (Croatia) on October 26, 1936. My parents were Regina (née Pavić) (April17, 1916, Zagreb–March 9, 1992, Zagreb) and Cvjetko Trinajstić (September 9, 1913, Volosko–October 29, 1998, Richmond, Australia).

Bronchiectasis: a bacteriological profile

The occurrence of bronchiectasis can involve a combination of many environmental factors, including infection. The aim of our work is to determine the bacteriological profile of bronchiectasis. This is a retrospective study of 100 patients hospitalized in between January 2010 and July 2013. The average age was 48 years with a 58% female predominance. Symptomatology was by a bronchial syndrome i...

Fungal Contamntion of Bacteriological

dialysis and non-dialysis group were comparable for age and sex and whether the apparent differences in small numbers of patients was statistically significant. We studied the immediate effect of dialysis and found no significant difference in the peak acid output measured in the same 14 patients before and after dialysis,2 but on reviewing our data we find that the basal acid output was signif...