Month: June 2024

The first essential thing for good microbiological diagnosis is that the specimens reaching the laboratory should be well chosen and of good quality. A specimen that is poorly taken, badly contaminated or unrepresentative of the infected lesion cannot provide accurate information about the pathogens present no matter how advanced the methods applied to its na … Read more

Alexander Fleming’s discovery of Penicillin in 1929 began a new era of antibiotic chemotherapy. In the 1940’s industrial production of penicillin started. Many antibiotics are currently available in the market and many more will still be discovered. Whether for a synthetic chemical or an antibiotic, the trial and error procedure involves testing for antimicrobial activity … Read more