[Microbiology] Re: machine/database used to find out bacteria/virus/drug tia sal2

[sal2]

Thanks for the reply I was just looking for an overall database that 
included the spectra lines....this one is nice but you have to pay for 
it....I'm looking for a free one.....any recommendations

http://chemgate.emolecules.com/cgi-bin/rene/show_hitlist.cgi

Thanks
sal2



On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:14:13 -0400, John Gentile wrote:

> On 2008-06-06 14:50:35 -0400, sal2 <sal2 from sal2.com> said:
> 
>> Greetings All
>> 
>> When doctors take samples of blood/urine  to find out what
>> bacteria/virus/ drug they have.  What type of machine is used to find
>> out what type of bacteria/virus/drug that is in their system?  I'm
>> trying to find out the machine they use and the database they use to
>> cross check bacteria/ viruses/drugs against each other.
>> 
>> tia sal2
> 
> Are you thinking that it is as easy to pour blood or urine into a
> machine and out comes an answer? No that is not how it works and it is a
> very complex set of procedures to determine what infection a person has.
> Bacteria are isolated by culture, which means that a sample is placed on
> some kind of nutrient broth or agar and in a few days a microbiologist
> or a technologist will examine the growth and determine what kind of
> bacteria it is. There are thousands of different bacteria and the
> scientist must use his or her knowledge of bacteria to determine what
> tests to use to identify it. My "database" is basically in my head! If I
> have to use a reference, I usually use Bergy's Manual or the American
> Society of Microbiology manual of clinical microbiology. Once it is
> identified then we can apply different antibiotics to the culture to see
> which ones will kill it. Viruses are also grown in cultures, but of a
> very different matrix - they must be living cells for viruses to grow. I
> can't answer to how the different viruses are identified since I've
> never worked in a virology lab.
> And what kinds of drugs are you talking about - again there are many
> complex methods for measuring drugs in a sample. Maybe you need to do
> some more research on this subject and ask the questions again.