SMDL Mikrobiolab

DIAGNOSTIC TESTING

SMDL “Microbiolab” performs microbiological diagnostics for a wide range of infections by testing the following materials: sera, urine (urine culture), vaginal, cervical, prostatic, urethral, throat, nasal, eye and ear samples, Legionella, rinses, swabs, sputum and wound secretions.

The laboratory also performs highly specialized testing involving the isolation and identification of obligate anaerobes /genera Clostridium, Bacteroides, Fusobacterium, Prevotella, Porphyromonas, Bilophila, Veillonella, Peptostreptococcus, Actinomyces, Propionibacterium, Bifidobacterium, Eubacterium/ isolated from various clinical materials – wound secretions, exudates and dental materials. Clostridium difficile is diagnosed, and toxins A and B are determined directly in the feces of patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis.

Fecal samples are tested for pathogenic intestinal bacteria – Salmonella, Shigella, diarrheagenic E. coli and Campylobacter.

The diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori, a cause of gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer, is performed using a stool test for the detection of Helicobacter pylori antigen.

Clinical samples from patients – sera and urine – are tested for Legionella and Legionnaires' disease.

The laboratory performs serological testing for Campylobacter and Yersinia enterocolitica /Y. enterocolitica O3 and O9/, causative agents of reactive arthritis and Guillain-Barré syndrome, as well as serological testing for brucellosis: B. abortus and B. melitensis, which cause diseases in cattle and small ruminants, and B. canis – canine brucellosis.

Serological testing for bartonellosis, also known as cat-scratch disease, includes the detection of antibodies against the causative agents Bartonella quintana and Bartonella henselae.

Sanitary microbiological testing of work surfaces and hands, water samples from swimming pools and drinking water, as well as testing of water from showers and water supply systems for Legionella.

Parasitological testing includes: examinations, consultations, testing for toxoplasmosis, toxoplasmosis during pregnancy, echinococcosis (dog tapeworm), trichinellosis, toxocariasis, urogenital trichomoniasis and intestinal parasites, consultations for travel to tropical countries, malaria prevention and other tropical parasitic diseases, treatment and condition monitoring.

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