In our microbiology department; Measures are taken to reveal the diseases caused by microbes, to find out which microbe is responsible for a disease or symptom, to recommend drugs or strategies for treatment accordingly, and to protect from diseases.
Clinical Microbiology Laboratory subdivisions Clinical microbiology has four sub-topics: clinical bacteriology, clinical virology, mycology and parasitology. We can list the functions of the sub-branches of the clinical microbiology laboratory regarding microbes, each acting very differently:
Clinical Bacteriology Laboratory It works to reveal the 'causative' bacteria in diseases that cause human infection. For this purpose, samples taken from any part of the human body are kept in various - bacteria - nutritious environments and the pathogen bacteria are tried to be grown in the laboratory. Afterwards, their sensitivity to various antibiotics is determined and doctors "hit the target" in the treatment of the disease. In some cases, even determining what the causative microbe is may be sufficient for this purpose.
Clinical Virology Laboratory Makes the diagnosis of viruses that cause disease in humans. Virus diseases cannot be cured in the same way that bacteria are treated with antibiotics. The purpose of diagnosis in these diseases has many different meanings. Examples of this are two viral diseases that cause "pandemics", that is, epidemics all over the world: Influenza, the influenza virus and HIV / AIDS. Recently, very special virology techniques have been applied in order to identify the influenza virus, which causes widespread infection all over the world, then to monitor its spread and finally to diagnose and treat patients with certain risks, and these techniques are widely used in the diagnosis of major viral diseases. HIV / AIDS is also a virus whose pandemic is considered to be ongoing, it is spreading all over the world, and laboratory diagnosis is often not based on the demonstration of the virus itself.It is made by showing the substances and antibodies formed against it in the body.
Mycology It is the name of the science about mushrooms. Fungi, which we encounter in many places in nature, cause diseases that are difficult to treat and last long; Fungi on our head, body and nails are good examples of this. The Clinical Mycology Laboratory identifies these fungi and recommends appropriate medications. In addition, in organ transplants, severe fungal infections can occur in the body as a result of "immunosuppression" created artificially in order for our body to accept the foreign organ. The microbiology laboratory is also involved in the diagnosis of these, sometimes with sophisticated techniques.
Parasitology It is the science of parasites that cause disease in humans. Parasites such as tapeworm that cause infection in the intestines, "blood" parasites that cause malaria, or parasites such as trichomonas, which are transmitted to humans by sexual contact, even scabies, are the subject of this area. In addition, in our increasingly globalized world, very special parasites found in different geographies and climates used to be the problem of their own geographies, but with increasing travels, they have become included in the diagnostic capacity of every microbiologist.
