Diagnosis of Enteric Infections

1. INTRODUCTION 2. LABORATORY SAFETY RULES AND REGULATION 3. DIARRHOEAL DISEASES-SPECIMEN SELECTION AND COLLECTION 4. INOCULATION OF PRIMARY ISOLATION MEDIA 5. IDENTIFICATION OF ISOLATES 6. ASSAYS FOR E. COLI ENTEROTOXIN 7. VIBRIO, AEROMONAS AND PLESIOMONAS SPECIES 8. ISOLATION OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE AND CYTOTOXIC ASSAY 9. FOOD POISONING 10. OPPORTUNISTIC PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS IN AIDS PATIENTS 11. DNA PROBE HYBRIDIZATION TECHNIQUES 12. THE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION 13. ELECTROPHEROTYPING OF