Importancia clínica de los métodos fenotípicos utilizados en la identificación bacteriana.

Abstract

This project is based on the clinical importance of phenotypic methods for bacterial identification, the identification by phenotypic methods is important because they help to detect any variant microorganism of any disease and thus be able to diagnose it. The objectives of this work is to describe the most used phenotypic methods and their importance for the identification of microorganisms within microbiology, for the realization of this written case study is used two types of methodology that are descriptive and deductive, which are useful to determine the most important characteristics through scientific review, The methods used in phenotypic identification are biochemical tests, culture, quantitative, qualitative, morphology and microscopy, which are simple and economical methods, these methods are characterized by being observable methods, Within these methods we also have the automated methods that are, rapid dilution, PCR, detection of proteomic methods, in the phenotypic identification there are 3 levels, the first simplest level as Gram staining, the second is responsible for the specific identification of the genus to which the microorganism belongs and the third level is responsible for the identification at the species level through the use of certain biochemical tests, As a result, it was possible to identify the phenotypic methods and their importance, which allows me to conclude that the most used methods are biochemical tests, culture, morphology and microscopy, becoming a main tool for clinical diagnosis.