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Vast_YJ`07 MedTeam: MMIC PBL2
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Thursday, January 24, 2008. 1 SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). Coronavirus are an important cause of the common cold. However, in 2002, a new atypical pneumonia, called SARS emerged. Coronavirus have a non-segmented, single stranded, positive polarity RNA genome. They are enveloped viruses with a helical nucleocapsid. PCR (Fast and sensitive), Viral isolation (in BSL-3 lab), Antigen detection and Serology. Treatment of SARS so far has been largely supportive with antipyretics, supplemental oxyge...
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Vast_YJ`07 MedTeam: July 2007
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Sunday, July 29, 2007. Photos of things included in food testing. Interior of stomacher (see the 2 blades? How the stomacher works. (taken from http:/ www.stomacher.com/. Food in resealable bag for testing (this is mutton curry). After addition of PDW. After stomaching. (maybe thats what happens in the stomach? Looks a little like vomit right? Serial dilutions to be done in the small bottles, and pour plates. MPN rack (LTB tubes). Durham tube beside a normal test tube. Shows that the bacteria produces gas.
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BloodBank.MedMic.Haematology: October 2007
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Sunday, October 28, 2007. Topic: Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT). Bone marrow contains immature cells (stem cells), which develops into RBCs, WBCs and platelets. To replace unhealthy cells with healthy ones in order to survive. People with diseases of the blood, bone marrow, or certain types of cancer, (e,g., Hodgkin's disease, mulitple myeloma, leukaemia, etc.). Treatment with high doses of chemotherapy or total body irradiation, given immediately prior to a transplant. As a result of the total body i...
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The Lab Freaks: September 2007
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Thursday, September 27, 2007. Testing on Escherichia coli. I am sorry about the late posting again. Was doing my project until I forgot about the blog posting until today. Another common test in our laboratory is the detection of Escherichia coli. From Ying Ying’s first posting, we know that is LTB tubes are positive (gas production), we will have to continue by inoculating a loop of the positive LTB tube into a BGB and a EC tube. Eosin Methylene Blue agar (EMB). Ecoli on EMB plate. If positive for Esche...
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The Lab Freaks: Medical Microbiology-dPBL Package 2
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Friday, January 25, 2008. Medical Microbiology-dPBL Package 2. There are outbreaks of viral, fungal and protozoa diseases. Among platoons of army soldiers. K after 2 weeks of jungle warfare training. It is of concern to the ministry that there are also sporadic reports of avian flu. In the nearby villages. In view of these outbreaks, you have been tasked to conduct a pre-mission briefing with blogs and poster to educate future batches of soldiers. 8216;Army soldiers’. They are also always perspiring.
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The Lab Freaks: October 2007
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Monday, October 29, 2007. Haha i am so sorry guys. looks like we are all mixed up with the dates. i shall blog now too. poor nat got so much questions to answer. Alright. back to the basics. as u all know, i am still attached to the food and water lab. so now, i shall take all of u on an excursion on how i collect my samples! For our lab, we do sample collection from hotel's restaurants. To go and collect samples, we first need to prepare some items. Sterile spoons - To collect samples. Links to this post.
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ALsubs: July 2007
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Sunday, July 29, 2007. Pictures of urinary casts and other urinary cellular components. Yeast cells (notice the budding). Urinary Crystals pictures and brief infor (sasi's). Calcium Oxalate crystal (look out for the 'X' ). Triple phosphate crystal (coffin like). Crystal formation in urine can be caused:. By an augmentation of concentration beyond the supersaturation capacity. This situation is mostly the result of a decreased dilution like in a case of insufficient water intake. RBC casts - associated wi...
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ALsubs: Possible fugal infection in tropical jungle in Indonesia
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Saturday, January 26, 2008. Possible fugal infection in tropical jungle in Indonesia. Tinea versicolor or pityriasis versicolor. Microscopic: tinea versicolor, "spaghetti and meatballs" appearance. Taken from http:/ missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/DermatologyGlossary/img/Dermatology%20Glossary/Glossary%20Clinical%20Images/KOHtineaversicolor.jpg. 183; Generally oval or irregularly-shaped spots of 1/4 to 1 inch in diameter, often merging together to form a larger patch. 183; Pale, dark tan, or pink in color, with ...
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