Medical Microbiology

Medical microbiology department is the branch of medicine responsible for the diagnosis of harmful microorganisms in the body. In short, it means "microbial science", although it is among the sub-branches of microbiology, it is also known as clinical microbiology.

Microbiology specialists direct the materials such as body fluid and tissue sent to the laboratory, after examining them with different methods, and examine the material similar to the reaching tissue and support the diagnosis.

In general, the diseases examined are;

• upper respiratory tract infections
• Treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and screening after suspicious intercourse
• Bronchitis and pneumonia (Lower respiratory tract infections)
• urinary tract infections
• Cellulitis and other skin infections
• Influenza and similar infections (Influenza infection)
• Bone and joint infections (Osteomyelitis and spondylodiscitis)
• Cheese disease (brucellosis)
• Hepatitis A , B , C , etc (Hepatitis)
• Parasitic diseases (Tapeworm, pinworm, etc.)
• diarrhea
• Adult vaccination
• Travel consultancy
• Skin, bone and kidney tuberculosis (Extrapulmonary tuberculosis)
• Referred patients from other departments
• Fever lasting longer than a week (Fever of unknown origin)
• meningitis
• We can list it as blood and body inflammation (Sepsis).