Lab Tests Flashcards
Ames Test
Carcinogenicity / Mutagenicity
Salmonella typhimurium
Ascholi test
Anthrax
ASO titer !
Strep Pyogenes antibodies
Rheumatic Fever
Babcock Test
% of buttermilk in milk
Bile solubility !
Pneumococci vs Alpha Hemolytic Strep Viridans
BOD !
“Biological O2 Demand” = Best test for water pollution!
Catalase !!!
Staph (cat +) vs Strep (cat -)
Bordet Gengou Phenom
Complement Fixation
Chick Embryo culture
Virus culture
Chocolate Agar !!!
aka Heated Blood Agar for Gonorrhea
Coagulase !!!
Staph Aureas (Coag +) vs Staph (Coag -) Pathogenic vs non-pathogenic
Colliform
E Coli in water purification; Fecal contamination
Complement Fixation
Cell lysis
Coombs !
RBC antigens
Rh Factor !
Dick Test !
Scarlet Fever
Giemsa Stain !!!
Protozoa
HLA B27 !!!!!
Seronegative Arthritides = PEAR
Psoriatic
Enteropathic arthropathy
AS
Reiters
NO Rf!!!
HLA DR5/CD4 !
AIDS
2 ELISA (DNA) 1 Western Blot (protein)
Mannitol Salt
Staph
Nuchal rigidity
Stiff neck…meningitis possibility
Paul Bunnel !!!
Heterophile Agglutination for MONO
Phosphatase
Milk pasteurization adequate? If all phosphatase enzymes are destroyed
Quellung Reaction !!
Quellung = swelling
Swelling of capsule of Strep Pneumoniae
MCC of Meningitis
Sabouraud Agar !
Fungi test
Schick Test !
Diphtheria
Schultz-Carlton rxn
scarlet fever
Tissue culture
Virus culture
Weil Felix !!
Positive for all Rickettsia EXCEPT Coxiella Burnetti (Q fever) – spread by milk
Proteus vulgaris
Widal !
Typhoid Fever
Tzank Test !!
Herpes Zoster / Simplex + Varicella
Tests for Syphilis
Treponema Genus
Spirochete
Kahn
Wasserman
VDRL
Darkfield
TB Tests
PPD = purified protein derivative
Delayed hypersensitivity test (Type IV)
Ziehl Nielson Staining
Active Sputum Culture
Acid Fast: Mycobacterium Acid Fast ('My Ass is Fast")Mono Tests
“Heterophile Agglutination” - Paul Bunnel
Downey Cell = atypical lymphocyte on blood smear
