Medical Microbiology

Yeditepe University Hospitals Medical Microbiology Laboratories serve with qualified personnel, advanced technological devices, and developed infrastructure in a way that meets the demands of inpatient treatment, outpatient, and emergency units. In the laboratories, studies are carried out in the fields of bacteriology, virology, parasitology, mycology, molecular microbiology, and infection immunology.
In the laboratories located at Yeditepe University Kozyatağı Hospital and Yeditepe University Koşuyolu Hospital, a wide test panel is offered and test panels are continuously updated.

What Is Medical Microbiology?

Medical microbiology is a field in which laboratory studies are carried out for the diagnosis and treatment processes of infectious diseases. Tests and examinations performed in the fields of bacteriology, virology, parasitology, mycology, molecular microbiology, and infection immunology are addressed within this scope.

What Does Medical Microbiology Examine?

In the Medical Microbiology Laboratory, different tests and examinations are performed for the diagnosis and treatment processes of infectious diseases. In addition to studies for the evaluation of bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi, various tests are also performed in the field of molecular microbiology.
The studies carried out in the Medical Microbiology Laboratory are addressed according to the relevant units as follows:

Bacteriology Unit

Identification of bacterial pathogens and detection of antibiotic susceptibility; In addition to classical culture methods, the results are supported by fast and reliable additional methods for confirmation and further identification. 
By evaluating the stained microscopy of clinical samples during the day, directing the clinician to the diagnosis quickly as well as giving the results of typing and sensitivity with the applied molecular techniques, help to start the treatment as soon as possible.

Mycobacteriology (Tuberculosis) Unit

In our laboratory, samples are accepted for the isolation and identification of acid-fast organisms, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium complex, and other important mycobacterial pathogens, and acid-fast bacteria stain results are reported the same day. Diagnosis of these pathogens by molecular methods is carried out in our laboratories.
Quantiferon TB Gold test is also applied in our laboratory in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.

Virology Unit

In the field of virology, serological tests for antigens and antibodies are carried out, AIDS and hepatitis agents are detected with fast and sensitive methods, and necessary confirmation tests are applied when necessary.

Parasitology Unit

In the samples sent to our laboratory for parasitology, diagnosis is supported by using serological tests as well as classical methods.

Mycology Unit

In our laboratory, clinically important yeast isolates, dermatophytes and pathogenic molds obtained from clinical samples are identified. In addition to classical methods in the field of mycology, galactomannan antigen test, which is used in the suspicion of aspergillus infection in the follow-up of infection especially in hematology and oncology patients with immunocompromised systems, is also applied in our laboratory.

Molecular Microbiology Unit

In the field of molecular microbiology, hepatitis agents (hepatitis B virus DNA, hepatitis C virus RNA), varicella zoster virus (VZV), Ebstein-Barr virus (EBV DNA), especially cytomegalovirus (CMV DNA), polyoma virus (BK/JC virus) examined after transplantation ) as well as human papilloma virus (HPV DNA) and genotyping, viral load tests are carried out.

MRSA, VRE, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia identifications are made with Real Time PCR techniques in patient samples. In addition, the presence of bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses in blood cultures, respiratory tract samples, gastrointestinal samples, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and joint fluids can be identified within 1 hour with syndromic molecular panel tests, resistance genes can be detected simultaneously, thus contributing to the quickly initiation of treatment.
Our microbiology laboratory, which provides service in a very wide test area, provides 24-hour uninterrupted service within the scope of research, thesis and project.
Our laboratory, which cares about laboratory-clinical cooperation for the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases, will continue to advance with new technologies to be a pioneer in its field as a university hospital medical microbiology laboratory.