Lab Tests Flashcards

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1
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Ames Test

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Carcinogenicity / Mutagenicity

Salmonella typhimurium

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2
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Ascholi test

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Anthrax

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3
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ASO titer !

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Strep Pyogenes antibodies

Rheumatic Fever

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4
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Babcock Test

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% of buttermilk in milk

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5
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Bile solubility !

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Pneumococci vs Alpha Hemolytic Strep Viridans

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BOD !

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“Biological O2 Demand” = Best test for water pollution!

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7
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Catalase !!!

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Staph (cat +) vs Strep (cat -)

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8
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Bordet Gengou Phenom

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Complement Fixation

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9
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Chick Embryo culture

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Virus culture

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10
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Chocolate Agar !!!

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aka Heated Blood Agar for Gonorrhea

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Coagulase !!!

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Staph Aureas (Coag +) vs Staph (Coag -)
Pathogenic vs non-pathogenic
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12
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Colliform

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E Coli in water purification; Fecal contamination

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13
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Complement Fixation

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Cell lysis

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14
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Coombs !

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RBC antigens

Rh Factor !

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15
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Dick Test !

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Scarlet Fever

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16
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Giemsa Stain !!!

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Protozoa

17
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HLA B27 !!!!!

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Seronegative Arthritides = PEAR

Psoriatic
Enteropathic arthropathy
AS
Reiters

NO Rf!!!

18
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HLA DR5/CD4 !

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AIDS

2 ELISA (DNA)
1  Western Blot (protein)
19
Q

Mannitol Salt

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Staph

20
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Nuchal rigidity

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Stiff neck…meningitis possibility

21
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Paul Bunnel !!!

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Heterophile Agglutination for MONO

22
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Phosphatase

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Milk pasteurization adequate? If all phosphatase enzymes are destroyed

23
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Quellung Reaction !!

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Quellung = swelling
Swelling of capsule of Strep Pneumoniae
MCC of Meningitis

24
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Sabouraud Agar !

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Fungi test

25
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Schick Test !

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Diphtheria

26
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Schultz-Carlton rxn

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scarlet fever

27
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Tissue culture

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Virus culture

28
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Weil Felix !!

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Positive for all Rickettsia EXCEPT Coxiella Burnetti (Q fever) – spread by milk
Proteus vulgaris

29
Q

Widal !

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Typhoid Fever

30
Q

Tzank Test !!

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Herpes Zoster / Simplex + Varicella

31
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Tests for Syphilis

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Treponema Genus
Spirochete

Kahn
Wasserman
VDRL
Darkfield

32
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TB Tests

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PPD = purified protein derivative 
Delayed hypersensitivity test (Type IV)
Ziehl Nielson Staining 
Active Sputum Culture 
Acid Fast: Mycobacterium Acid Fast ('My Ass is Fast")
33
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Mono Tests

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“Heterophile Agglutination” - Paul Bunnel

Downey Cell = atypical lymphocyte on blood smear