BACTERIOLOGY OF BODY FLUIDS WITH AN EVALUATION OF ENRICHMENT TECHNIQUE TO INCREASE CULTURE POSITIVITY

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Body fluids like ascitic fluids, pleural fluids, cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) etc. are sent for culture in a clinical microbiology laboratory to achieve etiological diagnosis. However the yield of such cultures is usually very low. So, ongoing monitoring of prevalent pathogenic organisms and their sensitivities help the clinicians institute therapy in absence of a culture report.