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LSM Laboratory Microbiology Laboratory Services - Urinary tract infection
2017-12-11
Bacterial urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infection especially found in women. This is mostly because of the physiological structure of the urinary tract system which makes it more susceptibile for the entry of the bacteria into the system. Once bacteria is entered,...
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LSM Laboratory Microbiology Laboratory Services - Diarrhoea
2017-12-01
There are many mechanism for different bacteria or virus to cause diarrhoea. For Salmonella, they invade the epthelial cells of our gut, impare its function to control water absoprtion, thus leading to the pulling out of water from the body into the gut result in watery stool (diarrhoea). Salmonella...
LSM Laboratoty Microbiology Testing - Antibiotics
2017-11-28
A recent article posted in Time magazine reported a scientific finding related to antibiotic used. Researchers found that antibiotic disturb the normal gut microbiota in mice, and that their offsprings also have the disturbed population of microbiota instead of a normal one! Disturbed gut microbiota...
LSM Laboratoty Microbiology Testing - Salmonella in eggs
2017-11-27
An interesting debates in whether eggs should be refrigerate was published recently in reader's digest. It really depends on how the eggs are processed becuase washing prior to packing may remove the protective layer in the eggs render them susceptible to bacteria invasion. In this case, refrigerate...