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15 questions
Describe the requesting, collection, processing and examination of stool specimens.
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20 questions
Perform stool microscopy and identify parasites in stool samples.
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23 questions
Describe the requesting, collection, processing and examination of cerebrospinal fluid and ascitic fluid.
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13 questions
Interpret CSF microscopy and culture results in suspected meningitis, together with CSF glucose and protein.
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19 questions
Describe blood culture techniques for aerobic and anaerobic organisms, including indications, timing, number of sets, volume and aseptic collection.
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12 questions
Interpret blood culture results, including distinguishing contaminants from true pathogens
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Describe the requesting, collection, processing and examination of sputum, and the processing of swabs for microbiological investigation.
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28 questions
Describe the culture of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and fungi, and perform basic culture techniques.
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22 questions
Describe the basic principles of identifying bacteria and fungi, and perform presumptive
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22 questions
identification tests.
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14 questions
Outline how antibiotic susceptibility tests are performed and interpreted.
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Describe the identification of parasites in various samples (e.g. blood films for malaria parasites,