Processing of Clinical Specimen for Immunofluorescence staining & Viral culture Exercise II –...

Processing of Clinical Specimen for Immunofluorescence staining & Viral

culture

Exercise II – Day 4 Virology Section

Department of MicrobiologyJIPMER

XIII NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON “DIAGNOSTIC METHODS IN CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY”

8th – 11th October, 2014

XIII National Workshop on Diagnostic Methods in Clinical Microbiology, JIPMER

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Introduction

Viral detection methods:•Staining

Direct stainingImmunofluorescence staining

• Culture Cell culture Animal / embryonated egg inoculation

• Enzyme immunoassays• PCR methods

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Objective

To observe and understand the steps in processing a clinical

specimen for immunofluorescence staining and viral culture

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Steps – Processing of specimen

Sample

receipt

Vortex &aliqu

ot

Centrifug

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Use for Viral culture

Use for Immunofluorescence staining

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IFA

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Positive IFA- Adenovirus Negative IFA

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Detection of virus growth in cell cultures

Cytopathic effect

Metabolic inhibition

Hemadsorption

Interference

Transformation

Immunofluorescence

Normal cell line – Hep2 CPE- Adenovirus

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Grape like clusters of round cells

Polygonal cells

Thank you

XIII National Workshop on Diagnostic Methods in Clinical Microbiology, JIPMER