Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Meningitis
Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Meningitis
Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Meningitis
This note covers the following
topics: introduction, epidemiology of meningitis caused by neisseria
meningitidis streptococcu S. pneumoniae and haemophilus influenzae, results
management and reporting of data, biosafety, collection and transport of
clinical specimens, primary culture and presumptive identification of N.
meningitidis S. pneumoniae and H .influenzae, identification and
characterization of neisseria meningitidis, identification and characterization
of streptococcu S. pneumoniae, identification and characterization of haemophilus
influenzae, pcr for detection and characterization of bacterial meningitis
pathogens N. meningitidis H .influenzae and S. pneumoniae, antimicrobial
susceptibility testing of neisseria meningitidis haemophilus influenzae and
streptococcuS. pneumoniae, characterization of neisseria meningitidis
haemophilus influenzae streptococcu S. pneumoniae by molecular typing methods,
quality controlquality assurance, storage and shipping of N. meningitidis S.
pneumoniae and H .influenzae, annex preparation of media and reagents.
This note
explains introduction to epidemiology, Frequency measures used in epidemiology,
Measures of central location and dispersion, Organizing epidemiologic data,
Public health surveillance and investigating an outbreak.
Author(s): US Department of Health and Human Services
This
note describes introduction to epidemiology, The infectious disease process, Public
health surveillance, Statistical measures, Displaying and interpreting
epidemiologic variables, Interviewing and preparing an outbreak investigation
report.
This note covers
Concept of Health and Disease, Infectious disease epidemiology, Disease
prevention and control, Disease screening and Epidemics investigation.
This note explains the following topics: History of Epidemiology and
Public Health, Disease Transmission, Measures of Morbidity, Measures of
Mortality, Mortality in Different Populations, Transmissible Spongiform
Encephalopathy, Arteriosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease, Influenza.
This note covers the following topics: Uses of Epidemiology, Two Broad
Types of Epidemiology, The Epidemiologic Triangle, Epidemiologic Activities ,
Measuring Disease Occurrence, Direct Standardization of Measures of Disease
Occurrence, Indirect standardization with examples in Stata, Measures of effect
I Risk Difference and Attributable Fraction with examples in Stata.