Microbiology Department
The AEGEAN Microbiology Department performs tests for the diagnosis of bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections. Various biological fluids (urine, semen, prostatic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, ascites, synovial fluid, pleural fluid), faeces, mucosal swabs (vaginal, cervical, urethral, rectal, pharyngeal, tonsillar, nasal, oral, ocular), sputum, skin lesions (pus, wounds, bedsores, scales) and their appendages (nails, hair), as well as materials/implants (sutures, IUDs, etc.).
Identification of the pathogen and in vitro testing of its susceptibility to antimicrobial agents are performed.
The following microbiological tests are performed in the AEGEAN Microbiology department:
Urine
General Urinalysis
Urine examination for dysmorphic red blood cells
Urine Culture
- Legionella Antigen
Faeces
Stool/Rectal Culture
Salmonella spp. + Shigella spp. (enteropathogens) Culture
Campylobacter spp. Culture
Yersinia spp. Culture
EPEC (Enteropathogenic E. coli) Culture
- coli O157:H7 Culture
Parasitological stool
Functional stool
Helicobacter pylori Stool
Toxin A+B, Clostridium difficile
GDH Antigen, Clostridium difficile
Stool Adenovirus
Stool Rotavirus
Stool Norovirus I+II
Stool Mayer
Stool Haemoglobin
Stool Calprotectin
Reproductive System
Vaginal Culture
Urethral Culture
Prostate Culture
Semen Culture
Gardnerella vaginalis Culture
Chlamydia - Ureaplasma - Mycoplasma - Gonococcus - Trichomonas
Chlamydia-Mycoplasma-Ureaplasma-Neisseria Gonorrhoeae-Trichomonas (PCR) in vaginal, semen and urine samples.
Mycoplasma hominis Culture
Ureaplasma urealyticum Culture
Neisseria gonorrhoeae Culture
Microscopy: Neisseria gonorrhoeae
HPV-DNA
HPV-DNA (PCR) – Detection
HPV-DNA (PCR) – Detection + Typing of 43 Types
Respiratory
Influenza A+B (Antigen Detection – Rapid Test)
Influenza H1N1 – PCR
Upper Respiratory Tract: Nasal, Pharyngeal, Tonsillar
MRSA Carrier Screening
Lower Respiratory Tract (Sputum, etc.)
Legionella spp.
Eosinophils (Giemsa stain)
Acanthamoeba – Tuberculosis
Acanthamoeba culture
Microscopy: Acanthamoeba
TB-DNA (PCR)
Skin, superficial lesions & nails
Skin cultures (Scales, Hair)
Cultures of pus/wounds/burns/bedsores
Nail cultures
Other cultures & tests
Anaerobic cultures
Ocular (Aerobic + Anaerobic)
Ear (Aerobic + Anaerobic)
Sterile Biological Materials (ENY, etc.)
Materials/Implants (Sutures, etc.)
Skin Fungi
Yeast and Fungi
- agalactiae (Group B β-haemolytic Streptococcus)
Listeria spp
Nocardia/Actinomyces spp
Microscopy: Gram Stain
Microscopy: Fresh Smear
Microscopy: Fungi/Dermatophytes
- Microscopy: Malaria
Identification - Susceptibility Testing
Identification: Bacteria/Yeast
Identification: Dermatophytes
Antibiogram: Bacteria
Antibiogram: Yeasts
Antimycogram – Dermatophytes
Antibiogram: Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma
CSF – Cerebrospinal Fluid
CSF – White Blood Cell Count
CSF – White Blood Cell Differential (Giemsa stain)
CSF – Glucose
CSF – Total Protein
CSF – LDH
Ascites/Peritoneal Fluid
AS/PF – White Blood Cell Count
AS/PF – White Blood Cell Differential
AS/PF – Total Protein
AS/PF – Amylase
AS/PF – Alkaline Phosphatase
AS/PF – LDH
Synovial fluid
SF – White Blood Cell Count
SF – Polymorphonuclear Cells-GR (%)
SF – Glucose
SF – Uric Acid
SF – Total Protein
SF – IgA
SB – IgG
SB – IgM
Synovial fluid
SB – White Blood Cell Count
SB – White Blood Cell Differential
SB – Glucose
SB – Total Protein
SB – LDH