title: Diagnostic tissue microbiology methods.
abstract: Tissue specimens, when processed properly, may yield important microbiologic information. Various techniques have evolved for specimen collection and transport, processing of tissue specimens, and demonstration of organisms by staining histologic material that enhance the identification of infectious agents. Careful attention to these details may yield diagnostic information that might otherwise be missed.
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000145:classification; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013194:Staining and Labeling