The slide may be sent to a lab to check for white blood cells, yeast, bacteria, parasites, or other signs of infection. A whiff test, or KOH test, may be done on the vaginal sample during the wet ...

The blood is transferred to small dishes ... Your doctor can also put a sample on a microscope slide and stain it so that the bacteria are easier to see under a microscope. The results of this ...

A positive result for the presence of bacteria or a higher white blood cell count typically confirms ... on a motorized examination table that slides into a circular CT scanner machine.

Meningococcal meningitis is a rare but serious bacterial infection. It causes dangerous inflammation in the membranes that cover your brain and spinal cord. These are called the meninges.

Some bacteria, among the deadliest in the world, seek out blood in the body like microscopic vampires, researchers say. National Cancer Institute via Unsplash Dracula. Edward Cullen. Morbius.

"There are two main problems in meningitis—the difficulty antibiotics have crossing the blood-brain barrier and the increase in resistant bacteria," says principal investigator Federico Iovino ...