Culture and infection tests at Tamara Hospital, Rajajinagar

An AFB culture grows mycobacteria, the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB), from a sample so they can be identified.

An AFB smear is a stained slide of a sample checked under a microscope for acid-fast bacilli, the type of bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB).

A blood culture checks whether bacteria or yeast are growing in your blood, and if so, which antibiotics will work against them.

This test checks the tip of a removed central venous catheter for bacteria or yeast.

This test grows Salmonella bacteria, the cause of typhoid and paratyphoid fever, from a blood clot sample.

This test measures the amount of cytomegalovirus (CMV) genetic material in a tissue sample.

This test checks cerebrospinal fluid, the fluid around the brain and spine, for bacteria or fungi and which medicines work against them.

An exposure plate culture checks the air in a room, such as an operating theatre or lab, for bacteria and fungi by leaving open culture plates in the room.

This test grows bacteria or fungi from a swab or scraping of the eye, ear, nose or throat, and checks which medicines work against them.

A fungal culture grows fungi or yeast from a sample so they can be identified.

A Gram stain is a quick microscope test that shows whether bacteria are present in a sample and what type they are.

This microscope test looks at a drop of fresh stool for the darting movement typical of Vibrio cholerae, the bacteria that cause cholera.

A KOH mount treats skin, hair, nail or discharge samples with potassium hydroxide so fungi can be seen under a microscope.

This test grows bacteria from pus or body fluid and checks which antibiotics work against them.

This test checks a semen sample for bacteria and which antibiotics work against them.

This test grows bacteria from sputum (phlegm) and checks which antibiotics work against them.

This test grows bacteria from swabs of surfaces, equipment, or staff hands and noses to check how clean or sterile they are.

This test grows bacteria from a stool sample to look for germs that cause diarrhoea, such as Salmonella or Shigella, and checks which antibiotics work.

This test checks vaginal discharge for Trichomonas vaginalis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the cause of gonorrhoea) and Candida (yeast).

A urine culture checks whether bacteria are growing in your urine and which antibiotics will work against them.

This test grows bacteria or yeast from a vaginal swab and checks which medicines work against them.