Rotations

The fellow rotates through the various areas with ample hands-on experience to triage specimen adequacy, properly set up cultures, workup isolates to the degree necessary based on specimen source, set up appropriate antimicrobial susceptibility studies, understand principles of biochemical (and/or other) identification tests, troubleshoot equipment, perform appropriate quality control procedures. Also learn how to plan for and set up a laboratory and/or make changes in an existing laboratory.

1. The fellow's experience and responsibilities in the mycology, mycobacteriology, and parasitology laboratories include the following:

• Understand morphologic characteristics for identification
• Media needed for isolation and identification
• Various staining techniques used for detection and identification
• Immunological & nucleic acid techniques for identification
• Guide clinicians in the proper utilization of the lab.

2. The fellow's experience and responsibilities in the virology laboratory include the following:

• Gain a working knowledge of cell culture, serologic and molecular techniques
• Know the typical CPE for the various viruses
• Guide clinicians in the proper utilization of the lab.