APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMMEDIATE DIAGNOSIS OF VAGINAL YEAST INFECTIONS

• Main Author: CERRA, MICHAEL C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.12.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; DIAGNOSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; SURGERY; VINEGAR; WINE

Apparatus and method for immediate diagnosis of exudative vaginal yeast infections, using a sample of vaginal discharge, dying the yeast present in the discharge with a fluorescent dye specifically sensitive to yeast, and subjecting the dye to ultraviolet radiation to determine the level of visible...