Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology

It is a specialty that diagnoses and treats diseases caused by microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi.

Clinical microbiologists perform a wide variety of clinical laboratory tests to help detect disease.

Our patients are followed up and treated in terms of infections.

The duties of infectious diseases and clinical microbiology

Clinical microbiologists study microorganisms that cause infections and diseases. They observe and analyze microbial cultures and samples using special computer software and a range of identification methods and clinical trials. Their duties include:

• determination of fungal, parasitic, viral, and bacterial infections

• testing the strength and virulence of microbes

• using a variety of biochemical and molecular methods to identify organisms that cause infection

• collaborating and communicating with healthcare professionals and industrial or clinical colleagues

• saving, analyzing, and interpreting data

• writing research papers, reports, and reviews

• conducting studies aimed at helping prevent the spread of infections in hospitals

• researching specific diseases

• managing laboratories

• supervising biomedical scientists