Summary: Lab Procedures

The entirety of this lab experiments was testing general basic understanding of lab procedures. It tested if I can follow the basic direction and with carefully deduction, concluded to what my unknown organism was in the end. I had no problem in the beginning and determining I was working with a Gram-positive organism. I felt my process of doing lab test grew faster over time because in the beginning, I was very slow to smear prep. However, this gradually improved over time and in addition, so did my use of the microscope. I would say I mastered the technique of my lab procedures, but more experienced and well education on the uses of the basics. In addition, my upkeep in cleanness helped my stock from getting contamination. The only trouble I encountered over the course was capsule staining and my motility test. The capsule stain is just a pain in the butt to do, and after I did this procedure twice on different occasions, there was no capsule I could find. For the motility test, my first time doing this test resulted in a

It is also resistant to multiple antibiotics including vancomycin. Vancomycin is used as a last resort for many gram positive infections (Kau, 2005). E. faecalis is part of our body function, as commensal bacteria without disrupting normal flora (Kau, 2005). However, when a patient is administrated into the hospital a change will likely occur, causing the organism to grow. An example for this is the use of a catheter (Kau, 2005). In addition, the immune defense is suppressed while a patient is being hospitalized can attract other pathogens to ask the subject, such as S. aureus or E. coli (Draper, 2013). The rate of growth occurrence various differently based on location. As the clinical study of bacteria identification in Emergency Department in comparison to Hospital (Draper,